“never once waivering from the idea that federal authority supersedes state authority—continues to guide legislation and constitutional interpretation.”
He gets no bonus points from me for that.
“This is the man foresighted and shrewd enough to tackle the thorny issue of slavery not head-on, but obliquely, understanding from the outset the existential threat it posed to the Union. His legacy, burnished by the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, arose from a fundamental comprehension that it was “a great moral wrong.”
Perhaps the author is unaware of the famous letter that Lincoln wrote to Horace Greeley, the editor of the New York Tribune. On Aug. 22, 1862, he wrote, “My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it.”
When will the hagiography stop?
What a character !
Enjoy all the neo-confederate hate posts you’ll get for posting this.