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To: PhilipFreneau
Lincoln's announcement that he had no intention of enforcing the law when he took office...

In fact, President Lincoln said just the opposite.

"I add, too, that all the protection which, consistently with the Constitution and the laws, can be given will be cheerfully given to all the States when lawfully demanded, for whatever cause—as cheerfully to one section as to another."

A. Lincoln, 3/3/61

I have seen some neo-rebs who were misinformed, and I have seen neo-rebs that would tell any kind of lie, but I have never seen one who was ignorant, would tell any kind of lie, and was as persistent as you are.

Walt

860 posted on 09/28/2003 9:05:13 AM PDT by WhiskeyPapa (Virtue is the uncontested prize.)
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To: WhiskeyPapa

In fact, President Lincoln said just the opposite.

"I add, too, that all the protection which, consistently with the Constitution and the laws, can be given will be cheerfully given to all the States when lawfully demanded, for whatever cause—as cheerfully to one section as to another."

Lincoln also stated, "The fugitive-slave clause of the Constitution and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade are each as well enforced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself." Does that sound like someone intent on enforcing the law? No. It was rather a declaration that he had no intention of enforcing the law, any more so than our current illegal immigration laws are "enforced".

Lincoln also stated that secession was unlawful (or, rather, was "anarchy"), and that states had no "right" to secede, completely ignoring the 10th Amendment which gives the states all powers not specifically given to the general government, and the 9th which gives unenumerated rights to the states and people. That was also a declaration that he had no intention of enforcing the law (except for laws he made up out of thin air).

BTW, As early as 1854 Lincoln opposed slavery's spread to new states. There was no such constitutional power given to the general government, but Lincoln declared that the repeal of the Missouri Compromise was wrong, anyway.

I have seen some neo-rebs who were misinformed, and I have seen neo-rebs that would tell any kind of lie, but I have never seen one who was ignorant, would tell any kind of lie, and was as persistent as you are.

Typical Lincoln-cultist babble.

865 posted on 09/28/2003 11:34:27 AM PDT by PhilipFreneau
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