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[Wlat] Lincoln DID call a special secession of Congress.

[Wlat] You made a false statement, and you don't seem to have a really good grasp of these events.

He did not call a secession of Congress at all. What did Congress secede from? You do not seem to have a good grasp of reality.

He did not call a special session either, at least not during the first six weeks of his administration.

[Wlat] Go read a good single volume history of the war and then get back to me.

I have not been discussing the war. I have been discussing the law as it applied to the actions of Lincoln and his administration. Go buy a good law book and get back to me. Let me help. Try B&N down around Union Square. You can take the 8th Ave line to within walking distance. Go in the big building with the textbooks. Go all the way through to the opposite corner of the building. If you are lucky, you will find a room full of legal texts.

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He did not call a special session either, at least not during the first six weeks of his administration.

On April 15, 1861 in response to the confederate firing on Sumter, President Lincoln issued his proclamation calling up the Militia to supress the rebellion and also calling Congress into special session to convene at noon on July 4, 1861. That was the 42nd day of his administration, exactly 6 weeks after his inauguration. Walt was right.