[carton253]

Lincoln’s overriding reason for going to war was to get his hands on the taxes and tariffs the South paid annually. As he told John Baldwin, “If I let the South go, who will pay for my housekeeping.” After all, this railroad attorney needed to build a railroad for the people who put him in office.

[rockrr]

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet."

- A. Lincoln

[jmacusa]

You’re being sarcastic I take it.