LOL! Whenever I hear a Confederate supporter talk about Lincoln's violations of the Constitution or how Lincoln was responsible for big intrusive government I have to laugh. Obviously they know nothing of their own Confederacy and the abuses of the Davis government.
And I have to get disgusted, because what the confederates did, didn't have a f***ing thing to do with what the Government of the US Constitution did.
The confederates were under no obligation to uphold the USA Constitution. Lincoln was under such an obligation.
Their behavior does not excuse Lincoln's abuses. His abuses must be looked at as damage to our existing system as well as the greater threat to our nation, because his constitutional abuses are still having consequences for us today.