Absolute nonsense. Slavery was ended in the U.S. through Constitutional amendment, which is not an overthrow of the Constitution by any means. You'll have to do better than that to make your case.
“Slavery was ended in the U.S. through Constitutional amendment, which is not an overthrow of the Constitution by any means.”
Good. Good. Good.
It is gratifying when I see thoughtful comments seeping into the debate.
Still, there is the question why, if the Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery, he didn’t introduce the necessary legislation while he was in Congress - or early in 1861 before the Fort Sumter incident?
If a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery had passed early, the war, the killings, the destruction, and all the hard feedlings could have been skipped.
Such an attempted action by Lincoln could have possibly saved over 600,000 lives.
Sad he didn’t try.