That said, Ron Paul is nuts to link the issue to Lincoln and the war. He's overlooking the timeline. The deep South seceded before Lincoln was inaugurated, and the rebels fired on Fort Sumter three weeks after. At that point, Lincoln was faced with a war to preserve the Union -- which, let us all remember, is exactly what the Union ralling cry was at the time, with the Emancipation Proclamation not coming until late 1862.
Compensated emancipation in the pre-war decades would have been desirable. In a parliamentary system, it might have been possible. But given the southern parity in the Senate, it was a non-starter unless the South agreed.
>Ron Paul is nuts to link the issue to Lincoln>
When you check out the PaulBot sites, their hatred for Lincoln is psychotic.
The PaulBots create arguments to bash Lincoln and try to
suck others into their cult.
“The deep South seceded before Lincoln was inaugurated, and the rebels fired on Fort Sumter three weeks after.”
Yes, and that was in direct response to the election of the tyrant. The south didn’t wait for him to take office; the writing was already on the wall.
Ultimately, the rallying cry of the north was to force those who no longer wanted anything to do with the union to stay a part of it.