I am going with Mr Lincoln.
Hes always getting a bad rap from the historical revisionists casting the south as a victim.
Originally posted by MCory1
On a side note, I would like to see more info regarding what you--Amuk--were talking about Lincoln.
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
Amuk is basically saying he would rather have seen the United States disintigrate than stay together and become the power it is today. I respectfully disagree with that position.
And I do understand those issues regarding Lincoln and civil liberties. We have the luxery of evidence (of Lincoln's actions) to support that when there was an end to armed conflict, Lincoln directed the powers he had assumed in war be rescinded. Legal normalcy was restored.
History proves he did the right things.
Originally posted by Amuk
I will sum it up by saying that until Lincoln the Union was made up of free states joined together voluntarily.
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