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To: DoodleDawg

That’s a lie..

“My policy sought ONLY to hold the public places and property not already wrested from the Government and to collect the REVENUE.” (Paragraph 5)


123 posted on 01/06/2018 6:39:30 AM PST by TallahasseeConservative
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To: TallahasseeConservative
That’s a lie..

Leaving aside the fact that the quote in the address bears only a casual resemblance to the quote you originally posted, you also posted the actual quote out of context. If someone read that one would think that the tariff was all Lincoln was interested in. But if you look at the entire quote the meaning is different:

"It sought only to hold the public places and property not already wrested from the Government and to collect the revenue, relying for the rest on time, discussion, and the ballot box. It promised a continuance of the mails at Government expense to the very people who were resisting the Government, and it gave repeated pledges against any disturbance to any of the people or any of their rights."

Lincoln listed the basic functions of government. Collecting revenue was only one part of it. You would have us believe that revenue was all he was interested in. That would certainly be incorrect.

196 posted on 01/06/2018 12:07:34 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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