[Non-Sequitur]

Any manual history of the West should do it.

I've read a couple of them, and none indicate the conspiracy that you find. But then again, you find conspiracies in anything Lincoln did. Perhaps you can elaborate? Again, this should be good.

Your cynicism shines and stinks in the moonlight.

As does your paranoia.

[lentulusgracchus]

Your reply is a "homework assignment" intended to harass and annoy.

The statehood of Nevada has been discussed on these boards, and you were present for the discussion. Lincoln absolutely did accelerate Nevada's premature statehood, and his reason was the impending 13th Amendment.

Now go and infibulate yourself.