To: TheThinker
>Lincoln had the right to declare war.
No, he never did; only CONGRESS is given that right.
76 posted on
01/24/2011 8:39:56 PM PST by
OneWingedShark
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To: OneWingedShark
OK, I mispoke. Lincoln had the right to suppress an insurrection. I don’t believe he or Congress ever formally recognized the Confederacy as a nation so there was really no need to get an authorization of war from Congress.
78 posted on
01/24/2011 10:57:31 PM PST by
TheThinker
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