To: jmacusa
Yeah, the states rights to own slaves.Which Lincoln accepted.
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
Just goes to show that the sticking point wasn't slavery, it was Independence. Lincoln was willing to tolerate slavery, but he wasn't willing to tolerate Independence for the Southern States.
To: DiogenesLamp
“The difference between a free man and a slave is fifty cents a day’’. Lincoln. He wasn't willing to see a divided nation. And he signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. tell me, are you defending slavery here?
41 posted on
04/10/2015 6:32:23 PM PDT by
jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
To: DiogenesLamp
Ever read The Confederate Constitution? You should.
44 posted on
04/10/2015 6:37:11 PM PDT by
jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
To: DiogenesLamp
The north went to war to defend the union and ended up saving the slaves. The south went to war to defend slavery and ended up losing everything.
64 posted on
04/10/2015 6:50:13 PM PDT by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: DiogenesLamp
Which Lincoln accepted. Did you forget this line of the letter?
"I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men every where could be free."
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