Okay, but how did Lincoln unite the country? Through radical expansion of federal power and waging war on the states. Obama hasn’t alienated enough of the country to cause the Civil War, Part II some Freepers expect, as Lincoln did merely by being elected. But he has expanded federal power, most famously over the healthcare industry, so that should we ever have the strength to resist whoever’s in power will have more with which to beat us down.
This is also true should the Welfare/National Security State face financial and monetary ruin. For I assume the free market will be blamed, and a more intrusive state will rise in its place. Which undoubtedly will be a poorer state, but the people will be poorer still.
From what I was taught in school and I am well past the half-century mark in age, meaning many years ago. I am from southern New England, CT.
The whole slavery issue if I am not mistaken, dogged even the founding fathers. I remember watching the musical “1776” and I do believe there was a song sung about the slave trade Thomas Jefferson wanting to put something in about freeing the slaves, but again I am dealing with a middle age brain here.
I was wondering if the founding wanted to end slavery then and there and not let it fester the way it did until it had to take a huge civil war to end it.
From what I have read, there are many different interpitations of Lincoln, FWIW.