I’m a NYer and I agree with him.
Never liked lincoln. Still don’t
Throw starving Irish into the war straight off the boat but for 300 bucks, you’re SAFE! :)
sounds fair.
Also a NYer and AGREED
Gee. I didn’t know so many Freepers have disdain for Lincoln. I’m stunned.............
A great President who defended the Constitution from an unlawful rebellion.
There is a good book “Lies My Teacher Told Me” by Clyde N Wilson that covers a lot of these matters..
There is a good book “Lies My Teacher Told Me” by Clyde N Wilson that covers a lot of these matters..
You're a NYer - put yourself in the position of leadership. Calif was a state; you knew the Panama isthmus would be breached; the rail system was already extending west; there were virgin resources (forests, coal, and oil) to be exploited.
In other words, if you were a forward thinker, you could foresee what was to USA become: a global empire.
Now, consider for a moment a founding document comprised of mere words. Who would enforce it? No one. Only retards and fools would think it had any standing. As usual, right comes down to might.
The Union had the power, and they used. The result is not only history, but the fantastically wealthy families that resulting from industrial consolidation.
History records the same tale over and over again: believers get hosed, realists take home the pot.
I once heard someone argue - it wasn’t really a “Civil War.”
A Civil War is a struggle for control of the government of a country. The South had no interest in controlling the government of the USA. They simply wanted out.
As such, it was a suppression of an independence movement, or simply a war of conquest.