[HandyDandy]

I agree. It is misleading. Lincoln had signed an oath to uphold The Constitution. He was, in the main, concerned with preserving the Union. It was his view that secession was unconstitutional.

I highly recommend that anybody interested in the matter read Lincoln's First Innaugural Address, then the Gettysburg Address and finally the short and sweet Second Innaugural Adddress.

[SomeCallMeTim]

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[DiogenesLamp]

I agree. It is misleading. Lincoln had signed an oath to uphold The Constitution. He was, in the main, concerned with preserving the Union. It was his view that secession was unconstitutional.

As has been pointed out, that is not his view in 1848. That was his view only after secession became personally humiliating to him.

Beyond that, the Declaration of Independence says explicitly that people have a right to leave. The Declaration of Independence created the nation, and asserts a higher power than that of legislators who make man made laws.