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Fortunately, DiLorenzo has penetrated the veil, with no paper trail, verbal trail, or evidence of any kind.

How does he do it?

He even detected that Lincoln "championed his corrupt Whig economic agenda in virtually every one of the Lincoln Douglas debates," again without any evidence even from the transcripts of the debates.

Oh mighty reader of souls, even the "most secretive" ones.

"Fortunately, DiLorenzo has penetrated the veil, with no paper trail, verbal trail, or evidence of any kind."

Perhaps the case lacks definitive verification, but it is an enormous stretch to say that there is no evidence of any kind. There is Lincoln's well-known deep admiration for Clay; there is his loyal membership in the Whig party until its demise. There are Lincoln's several apparantly bitter references to Jackson's action in the matter of the national bank. Finally, there is the fact that, upon assuming the presidency and not being hampered by Southerners in the Congress, Lincoln immediately acted to implement the several principle features of the Whig economic program.

And I also meant to say, all of Lincoln's positions with regard to slavery are completely consistent with and could be predicted from the assumption that his primary political motivation was in reality the implementation of the "American System" (the Whig economic program).