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To: Pikachu_Dad
Scalawag, President Lincoln destroyed slavery. He passed the 13th Amendment.

You don't seem to know the meaning of the pejorative "scalawag," since your usage is really not applicable to the individual to whom you replied.

Also, Abraham Lincoln was no longer with us when the 13th Amendment was ratified. Furthermore, a President has no authority over passage of Constitutional Amendments. States possess that authority, solely. So, Abraham Lincoln had nothing to do with the passage of that Amendment regardless.

Nevermind that this Amendment was passed by states under military occupation, with the vast majority of the eligible voting citizenry disenfranchised. That's a discussion for another day.

History, learn it. Really, it's not so hard.

399 posted on 05/04/2019 3:12:50 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry
Ah the scalawag has a second account (or is a fiftieth account?)

Do they pay you well?

We all know that it was Lincolns support and pushing that the 13th amendment was passed by Congress.

Hey look who signed the 13th amendment document that was sent to the States...

Approved February 1, 1865 by Abe Lincoln himself...


406 posted on 05/04/2019 3:28:24 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: RegulatorCountry
So, Abraham Lincoln had nothing to do with the passage of that Amendment regardless.

Other than ordering the Soldiers in his Army to disenfranchise anyone who disagreed with his decisions, and only allow people who agreed with his decisions to vote.

No, Lincoln really did pass the 13th amendment. He did so with troops in all the Southern states, along with bribes and threats in the Northern states.

Yes, it was ratified after he had died, but he built the foundation of ratification for it.

The very notion that the Southern states willingly passed that amendment is ridiculous. They passed it to get the guns out of their faces. That is not how constitutional amendments are supposed to work.

416 posted on 05/04/2019 3:45:59 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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