[hobbes1]

One knows that the radical Northerners would have liked nothing better than to hang Southerners but they didn't, why?

That...is utterly ridiculous. The more simple fact is, that it is grievously unstatesmanlike to rub salt in the wound AFTER the successful prosecution of a war, against those you would presume to rule...

(Remember the Admonition of Lord Cornwallis to Col. Tavington about the manner in which he is prosecuting the war....contained in The Patriot..)

[CyberSpartacus]

It is not rediculous. It is a fact that radical northerners did want to punish the south, and did so whenever possible. Whether you like it or not, the simple fact is, slavery is wrong but the south was right.