[azhenfud]

"The letter John Lupton found Tuesday in the Lehigh County Historical Society's holdings was one Lincoln wrote as part of an unsuccessful ratification process for a constitutional amendment Congress adopted during the term of his predecessor, President James Buchanan, that would have made slavery the law of the land.

The president remembered for abolishing slavery had been willing to push the amendment as "kind of a carrot to the Southern states" if that would preserve the union, said Lupton, associate director of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln Project of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency."

Debunks the claim slavery was the root cause of the war.

[Non-Sequitur]

Debunks the claim slavery was the root cause of the war.

Lincon's own words time and again have debunked that claim, so far as the Union was concerned. For the South, what was there in the Corwin amndment to attract them? The amendment only protected where it existed, it did nothing to protect slavery being introduced into the territories. By the time it was introduced the southern states had already seceded and adopted a constitution that not only protected slavery where it existed but ensured that any future territories acquired would be slave and also protected slave imports to boot. So why in earth would they rejoin the Union and accept half a loaf?

[usmcobra]

Debunks the claim slavery was the root cause of the war.

No, it doesn't. It proves that the southern democrats were willing to fight to keep what Lincoln was willing to give them LEGALLY.

Like the world's oldest profession, Man's oldest possession wasn't legal by any legal means in the United States Constitution, those references that hinted at it, were vague enough to pass the wink and a nod test for either side of the issue.

Lincoln would have changed that with an amendment legalizing slavery where it existed already. The South decided that it could maintain slavery by secession without having to go through the legal process of changing the Constitution and putting the issue of legalizing slavery to a national vote.

They decided to risk all their lives and fortunes on a war between the states rather then have an open debate on slavery.

[stand watie]

debunks lincoln, the clay-footed, secular saint of DAMNyankeeland, too!

lincoln was about the same sort as "wee willie klintoon". BOTH would do ANYTHING for more POWER & MONEY.

free dixie,sw

[Leatherneck_MT]

"Debunks the claim slavery was the root cause of the war."

You'll never convince the Lincoln Lovers of that.

[stainlessbanner]

bingo!