[WhiskeyPapa]

Whether one can or not is irrelevent to the question of Lincoln's character; you are trying the same fallacious argument that Non-Sequitur is so fond of.

I know that the defenders of the so-called CSA very seldom cite the record.

Walt

[Aurelius]

"I know that the defenders of the so-called CSA very seldom cite the record."

Franly I don't see the relevence of your comment, but they cite the record often enough, you just don't like what they cite. That historical record can be just as "pesky" from your side's point of view as from the other.