And they wonder how Lincoln could've espoused a socialist belief. If any of the damnYankees cared to study the framing of the Constitution, they would find out that the Constitution was put in place to limit governmental power and give more power to the States and Individual. They would find that self-determination and Individual Liberty were paramount, and the more limited the government was, the more freedom the Individual had. But Lincoln changed all that. He was a Whig first before becoming a Republican.
To put it bluntly ... Lincoln was the anti-thesis of what the Founders believed about governments, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.