One of the reasons for the Civil War was the converting the western territories into Federal Land. Lincoln wanted to own the land east of the Rockies and the Congress was for continuing the process of having the Federal Government role as a sales office of these lands. Lincoln tied it into the Emancipation Proclamation which was a State's Rights issue which said the Federal government owned the state and the state essentially had to obey any of those laws.
What?
2 posted on 02/06/2016 8:35:52 AM PST by DoodleDawg
One of the reasons for the Civil War was the converting the western territories into Federal Land. Lincoln wanted to own the land east of the Rockies and the Congress was for continuing the process of having the Federal Government role as a sales office of these lands. Lincoln tied it into the Emancipation Proclamation which was a State's Rights issue which said the Federal government owned the state and the state essentially had to obey any of those laws.
That is a little weird.
3 posted on 02/06/2016 8:40:16 AM PST by central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)