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To: Navy Patriot
I probably shouldn't help an outsider with US history, but I don't recall Lincoln outlawing Copperheads prior to the 1864 election.

Maybe he could cite Woodrow Wilson instead.....

21 posted on 02/06/2024 1:13:02 PM PST by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: Tench_Coxe
I don't recall Lincoln outlawing Copperheads prior to the 1864 election.

Lincoln didn't throw every pro-South Democrat into prison, but he threw a lot of them into prison.

24 posted on 02/06/2024 1:17:41 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Tench_Coxe

For example, General Ambrose Burnside arrested Copperhead Congressman Clement Vallandingham and threw him in prison without formal charges for violating martial law. Lincoln vacated the conviction and instead expelled Vallandingham into confederate-held territory, effectively banishing him from the United States.


25 posted on 02/06/2024 1:20:16 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Tench_Coxe

That didn’t happen in Mississippi, that happened in... Ohio.


26 posted on 02/06/2024 1:20:45 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Tench_Coxe; mrmeyer; tlozo
... I don't recall Lincoln outlawing Copperheads prior to the 1864 election. Maybe he could cite Woodrow Wilson instead.....

Two accurate and worthy points.

Aside: I accidentally pinged you (Tench_Coxe) to post #14 when I should have pinged mrmeyer, however you are right there in this discussion, thank you for your comment, NP. Sorry to all for the clerical error.

28 posted on 02/06/2024 1:35:10 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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