[Colonel Kangaroo]

I did not communicate well. I wasn't meaning to imply the Confederate home front was just as bad as Lincoln's I meant to convey my opinion that it was much worse. Not surprising because the same talent used to discipline and control black slaves could easily be applied to poor whites who didn't toe the government line with sufficient discipline.

Here's to the southern champions of individual liberty!

[Lurker]

I did not communicate well.

No sh** Bunny Rabbit.

Here's to the southern champions of individual liberty!

Ahhh yes, the same trick yet again. No defense of Lincoln and his un-Constitutional acts.

Care to tell us how Lincoln was within his Presidential authority to jail Federal Judges?

How about ordering Federal troops to shut down newspapers? Where EXACTLY is that in the Constitution?

Lincolns Income Tax? Can you point out Article and Section where that was Constitutional?

I breathlessly await your cogent response.

L