[stand watie]

otoh, you are quoting a liar,tyrant,war criminal & damnyankee CHEAP politician, so we can discount your source.

lincoln was nothing more or less than the evil twin of wee willie klintoon, separated by 130 years.

NEITHER could be trusted with the truth and/or your sister/mother/wife. period,end of story.<P.free dixie,sw

[Jim Noble]

Well, the notion that the War of the Southern Rebellion had something to do with slavery certainly antedates the twentieth century.

Yes, the cite from honest Abe was provocative, but surely you do not dispute that there are others?

Maybe the Declaration of Causes of the South Carolina Convention will jog your memory:

"...they have denounced as sinful the institution of slavery; they have permitted open establishment among them of societies, whose avowed object is to disturb the peace and to enloign the property of the citizens of other States. They have encouraged and assisted thousands of our slaves to leave their homes..."