Posted on 06/17/2017 6:14:26 PM PDT by plain talk
People think that Abe Lincoln was such a benevolent President. He was actually a bit of a tyrant. He attacked the Confederate States of America, who seceded from the Union due to tax and tariffs. (If you think it was over slavery, you need to find a real American history book written before 1960.)
This picture is of 38 Santee Sioux Indian men that were ordered to be executed by Abraham Lincoln for treaty violations (IE: hunting off of their assigned reservation).
So, on December 26, 1862, the “Great Emancipator” ordered the largest mass execution in American History, where the guilt of those to be executed was entirely in doubt. Regardless of how Lincoln defenders seek to play this, it was nothing more than murder to obtain the land of the Santee Sioux and to appease his political cronies in Minnesota.
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The war had many causes.
Don’t forget the Ohio Congressman, Clarence VanLandingham.
Arresting the Chief Justice for ruling against you? Does Roberts know?
good article
Lincoln & Wilson were our worst Presidents
To this day, the state song, "Maryland, My Maryland", stands as a wonderful bit of Confederate sympathy: Maryland My Maryland Written by James Ryder Randall The despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland, My Maryland! His torch is at thy temple door, Maryland, My Maryland! Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets of Baltimore, And be the battle queen of yore, Maryland! My Maryland! Hark to an exiled son's appeal, Maryland, My Maryland! My Mother State! to thee I kneel, Maryland, My Maryland! For life and death, for woe and weal, Thy peerless chivalry reveal, And gird they beauteous limbs with steel, Maryland! My Maryland! Thou wilt not cower in the dust, Maryland, My Maryland! Thy beaming sword shall never rust, Maryland, My Maryland! Remember Carroll's sacred trust, Remember Howard's warlike thrust,- And all they slumberers with the just, Maryland! My Maryland! Come! 'tis the red dawn of the day, Maryland, My Maryland! Come with thy panoplied array, Maryland, My Maryland! With Ringgold's spirit for the fray, With Watson's blood at Monterey, With fearless Lowe and dashing May, Maryland! My Maryland! Come! for thy shield is bright and strong, Maryland, My Maryland! Come! for thy dalliance does thee wrong, Maryland, My Maryland! Come! to thine own heroic throng, Stalking with Liberty along, And cgive a new Key to thy song, Maryland! My Maryland! Dear Mother! burst the tyrant's chain, Maryland, My Maryland! Virginia should not call in vain! Maryland, My Maryland! She meets her sisters on the plain- "Sic semper!" 'tis the proud refrain That baffles minions back amain, Maryland! My Maryland! I see the blush upon thy cheek, Maryland, My Maryland! For thou wast ever bravely meek, Maryland, My Maryland! But lo! There surges forth a shriek From hill to hill, from creek to creek- Potomac calls to Chesapeake, Maryland! My Maryland! Thou wilt not yield the vandal toll, Maryland, My Maryland! Thou wilt not crook to his control, Maryland, My Maryland! Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the blade, the shot, the bowl, Than crucifixion of the soul, Maryland! My Maryland! I hear the distant thunder-hum, Maryland, My Maryland! The Old Line's bugle, fife, and drum, Maryland, My Maryland! She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb- Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum! She breathes! she burns! she'll come! she'll come! Maryland! My Maryland!
Many of Lincoln’s measures, such as the one you cited, were definitely tyrannical, and his fealty to the Founders’ Constitution was questionable, at best. He took a number of measures that were not constitutionally authorized. Many of them survived well after the war.
I'm good with that assessment.
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And yet Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation! Go figure.
The Confederacy—and its founders—recognized Negro slavery as a central principle upon which their new nation was based. Of that there is no doubt. It's printed in black and white in the Confederate Constitution.
While the U.S. Constitution has a clause that states "No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed", the Confederate Constitution added a phrase to explicitly protect slavery, and, indeed, recognized it as a Right. Quoting from the Confederate Constitution:
Article I Section 9(4) No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed.So even if the "war" wasn't about slavery, the very existence of the Confedracy categorically was.
So the founders of the Confederacy—who were willing to fight a war to preserve and defend the Confederate Constitution—a Constitution which recognized "the right of property in negro slaves"—apparently disagreed with President Lincoln on that issue.
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I'm not sure what your point is. I just reviewed South Carolina's Declaration of Immediate Causes which induce and justify secession. Like all other states, South Carolina's primary reasons all revolved around slavery. The Declaraiton doesn't mention tariffs at all. In fact, the only time South Carolina mentioned taxes at all, it was in reference to the taxation of slaves.
“exacerbated the delicate situation in Maryland, a border state yet undecided in its commitment to the Union.”
As its state song (to this day) shows.
Maryland My Maryland
Written by James Ryder Randall
The despot’s heel is on thy shore,
Maryland, My Maryland!
His torch is at thy temple door,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Avenge the patriotic gore
That flecked the streets of Baltimore,
And be the battle queen of yore,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Hark to an exiled son’s appeal,
Maryland, My Maryland!
My Mother State! to thee I kneel,
Maryland, My Maryland!
For life and death, for woe and weal,
Thy peerless chivalry reveal,
And gird they beauteous limbs with steel,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Thou wilt not cower in the dust,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Thy beaming sword shall never rust,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Remember Carroll’s sacred trust,
Remember Howard’s warlike thrust,-
And all they slumberers with the just,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Come! ‘tis the red dawn of the day,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Come with thy panoplied array,
Maryland, My Maryland!
With Ringgold’s spirit for the fray,
With Watson’s blood at Monterey,
With fearless Lowe and dashing May,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Come! for thy shield is bright and strong,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Come! for thy dalliance does thee wrong,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Come! to thine own heroic throng,
Stalking with Liberty along,
And cgive a new Key to thy song,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Dear Mother! burst the tyrant’s chain,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Virginia should not call in vain!
Maryland, My Maryland!
She meets her sisters on the plain-
“Sic semper!” ‘tis the proud refrain
That baffles minions back amain,
Maryland! My Maryland!
I see the blush upon thy cheek,
Maryland, My Maryland!
For thou wast ever bravely meek,
Maryland, My Maryland!
But lo! There surges forth a shriek
From hill to hill, from creek to creek-
Potomac calls to Chesapeake,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Thou wilt not yield the vandal toll,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Thou wilt not crook to his control,
Maryland, My Maryland!
Better the fire upon thee roll,
Better the blade, the shot, the bowl,
Than crucifixion of the soul,
Maryland! My Maryland!
I hear the distant thunder-hum,
Maryland, My Maryland!
The Old Line’s bugle, fife, and drum,
Maryland, My Maryland!
She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb-
Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum!
She breathes! she burns! she’ll come! she’ll come!
Maryland! My Maryland!
(as enacted by Chapter 451, Acts of 1939; Code General Provisions Article, sec. 7-318)by James Ryder Randall
Maryland, My Maryland
I
The despot's heel is on thy shore,
- Maryland!
His torch is at thy temple door,
- Maryland!
Avenge the patriotic gore
That flecked the streets of Baltimore,
And be the battle queen of yore,
- Maryland! My Maryland!
II
Hark to an exiled son's appeal,
- Maryland!
My mother State! to thee I kneel,
- Maryland!
For life and death, for woe and weal,
Thy peerless chivalry reveal,
And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel,
- Maryland! My Maryland!
III
Thou wilt not cower in the dust,
- Maryland!
Thy beaming sword shall never rust,
- Maryland!
Remember Carroll's sacred trust,
Remember Howard's warlike thrust,-
And all thy slumberers with the just,
- Maryland! My Maryland!
IV
Come! 'tis the red dawn of the day,
- Maryland!
Come with thy panoplied array,
- Maryland!
With Ringgold's spirit for the fray,
With Watson's blood at Monterey,
With fearless Lowe and dashing May,
- Maryland! My Maryland!
V
Come! for thy shield is bright and strong,
- Maryland!
Come! for thy dalliance does thee wrong,
- Maryland!
Come to thine own anointed throng,
Stalking with Liberty along,
And chaunt thy dauntless slogan song,
- Maryland! My Maryland!
VI
Dear Mother! burst the tyrant's chain,
- Maryland!
Virginia should not call in vain,
- Maryland!
She meets her sisters on the plain-
"Sic semper!" 'tis the proud refrain
That baffles minions back again,
- Maryland!
Arise in majesty again,
- Maryland! My Maryland!
VII
I see the blush upon thy cheek,
- Maryland!
For thou wast ever bravely meek,
- Maryland!
But lo! there surges forth a shriek,
From hill to hill, from creek to creek-
Potomac calls to Chesapeake,
- Maryland! My Maryland!
VIII
Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll,
- Maryland!
Thou wilt not crook to his control,
- Maryland!
Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the blade, the shot, the bowl,
Than crucifixion of the soul,
- Maryland! My Maryland!
IX
I hear the distant thunder-hum,
- Maryland!
The Old Line's bugle, fife, and drum,
- Maryland!
She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb-
Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum!
She breathes! she burns! she'll come! she'll come!
- Maryland! My Maryland!
From Lincoln’s letter to Horace Greeley:
“If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. 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. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.”
It’s about “saving the Union”, not about slavery.
Slavery as practiced in 1860 was significantly more harsh that that practiced during the American Revolution, and—even though it was deleted to appease the Southern colonies—Thomas Jefferson—a slave owner—included language in the draft of the Declaration of Independence which specifically decried slavery.
I guess his services wouldn't have been needed in 1860's Virginia when the pro-slavery elites decided to "improve" on the original United States Constitution.
Granting that it was ignorant and hypocritical to practice slavery in the Revolutionary period, it was even more so by the time almost another century had passed...
In a political move it got repackaged in 1863 as a war about freeing the negro.
Yo, Higgs, the slavers were in charge of the politics of North West Georgia. It was the slavers who stole the Cherokee Land. Since I in fact have been to Chief Vans house and saw that it was a 2 story stick built white style construction I would have to say that the wealthy Indians were living just like the whites. And the Cherokee had their own newspaper. Also the Cherokee were operating a ferry boat service to transport people from one side of the river to the other side to get to and from downtown Rome. And the white slavers in charge of the government just simply stole everything the Cherokee had. Those are the facts. East Rome during the ‘60s was a snob school of 2 faced hypocrites. In the ‘70s the blacks took over the school and won lots of state football championships. During the ‘80s West Rome won lots of football championships.
That's rich! At the time that was identical to the United States Constitution.
The conscription provided the motivation to fight. The Emancipation Proclamation provided the added “justification” for the ongoing deaths — the moral support. No?
The later is at least arguably covered under weights and measures. But national corporations are not authorized by the Constitution. That’s a state matter.
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