That ends another BroCanard crusade of misrepresentations.
Inherent in your post is the fact that it is obvious that the Republican Party/Congress/Supreme Court failed in its responsibility to restrain Lincoln in his effort to use the military to control a Federal financial crisis.
At their feet and his lies the responsibility for the most horrible war in this country's history.
Spoken like a true committed leftist.
Rubbish & nonsense.
See my post #1,681 above.
The take-away is this: Lincoln did not need Congress sooner than July 1861, and when Congress did convene it effectively approved everything Lincoln did in the interim.
PeaRidge: "Inherent in your post is the fact that it is obvious that the Republican Party/Congress/Supreme Court failed in its responsibility to restrain Lincoln in his effort to use the military to control a Federal financial crisis.
At their feet and his lies the responsibility for the most horrible war in this country's history."
More nonsense.
First let's set aside the fact that there were no Republicans on the Supreme Court in 1861.
Yes, Lincoln eventually appointed five justices, but none in 1861.
Second, after Fort Sumter Congress and the Union public in general supported Lincoln's responses.
That's in part because Fort Sumter had the same effect on Americans as Pearl Harbor 80 years later.
So, responsibility for Civil War belongs to those Fire Eaters who first declared their secession, then provoked war, started war, formally declared war and refused to end their war on any terms more favorable than "unconditional surrender".