BTW, I would add that Lincoln knew more about statesmanship than all the so-called southern “diplomats,” senators (including that buffoon Marxist John C. Calhoun), and spokesmen who ever walked the earth.
Have you ever studied logic, and the fallacy of gross generalization?
If you were to study Marxism, I do not think you would want to use the name Calhoun with the movement.
A more likely name of the time would be Ben Wade from Ohio.
Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the boundary which separates the power of government and the liberty of the citizen or subject in the political state.