I am sure he would have let the South go if he only knew that 140 later, the North would slowly bring creeping Marxism. Yes, socialism/Marxism is coming North to South. No question a free Independent South would be watching our ex -Northern countrymen drinking the collective kool-aid, glad to have been freed from this abysmal Union. But alas no, because of the Illinois Butcher™ we have to go down with the ship. What a hero.
FYI To Clarence, he was a racist of the worst sort.
“Illinois Butcher” sounds awesome! The Democrats got what they deserved; thanks to Lincoln, Democrats now talk about fleeing to Canada, instead of secession.
Nobody is forcing you to remain and go down with the ship. Delta flies both ways across the oceans you know.
FYI To Clarence, he was a racist of the worst sort.
I don't know if Lincoln was the worst sort of racist. Every Southern leader I can think of would give him a run for his money in that category.
FYI, the actual number of white "non-racists" at the time would have been too small to count. Even most abolitionists were racist by today's standards.
To be a non-racist in the 1860s required rejection of the science of the time with regard to differences between the races. A very few succeeded in doing so, mostly due to their interpretation of the Bible.