[Owl558]

“Lincoln killed the Old Republic 1787-1861.”

There never was an “Old Republic”. President Washington invaded Pennsylvania in 1794 to enforce federal tax laws and put people out of business who refused to pay. Clearly, President Washington did not accept secession as a state’s right like you do. You favorite tyrant Lincoln was simply following the precident set by our first commander in chief. The republican utopia that you think we had never existed.

[central_va]

There never was an “Old Republic”. President Washington invaded Pennsylvania in 1794 to enforce federal tax laws and put people out of business who refused to pay. Clearly, President Washington did not accept secession as a state’s right like you do. You favorite tyrant Lincoln was simply following the precident set by our first commander in chief. The republican utopia that you think we had never existed.

Whether the Old Republic existed or not has been rendered moot, we do not live in a republic now. Certainly whatever vestige of a true republic that existed ante bellum was snuffed out by the Goon from Illinois. The 17th amendment was the coupe de grace.