The Civil War Wasn't About Slavery- Walter Williams

[Cutlerzzz]

I have never claimed Lincoln was an abolitionist in the sense of a Garrison or Brown, although he was one in the sense that he favored the institution's ultimate extinction. You seem incapable of understanding that difference. No, he represented a client in court in respect of the existing law. You seem incapable of understanding that difference, too. Really? Please provide a credible source that he "pushed" the Corwin Amendment. And you do realize that the Corwin Amendment merely offered to protect constitutionally what was already considered protected constitutionally...and it was no more than a last ditch effort the stall secession....and it was all done with by the time Lincoln took office. Have you consistently missed all the times that you have read where Lincoln acknowledged that he had no constitutional right to interfere with slavery where it existed??? There's something about you.....oh, yea, you read what you want, make up what you want and discard the rest.

Is anyone taking him seriously at this point? His argument goes "Lincoln might have been willing to defend slave owners in court, may have been willing to make money off of it, may have been willing to make it illegal for the federal government to interfere with slavery, may have married a woman from a slave owning family, may not have considered it as important secession, might have supported the Fugitive Slave Act, and might not have thought it was the governments place to say that no one can own a slave, but he was against it in principle". He has 54 posts, all in this thread. He's trolling. Nobody would make a serious argument like that.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Is anyone taking him seriously at this point?

No (at least, I hope not)

His argument goes "Lincoln might have been willing to defend slave owners in court, may have been willing to make money off of it, may have been willing to make it illegal for the federal government to interfere with slavery, may have married a woman from a slave owning family, may not have considered it as important secession, might have supported the Fugitive Slave Act, and might not have thought it was the governments place to say that no one can own a slave, but he was against it in principle". He has 54 posts, all in this thread. He's trolling. Nobody would make a serious argument like that.

Correct

 

[YumYum]

I will say that I think that a change came over Lincoln during the War. He started off a puppet for his base, and as the war progressed and he knew the North was winning, he cut the puppet strings and ended up taking a bullet in the head. I think he might have had some sort of remorse; knowing that he could have prevented the war and the loss of so much life, and he really started thinking of himself as the "great emancipator" and the"great healer" for the war-ravaged nation. His new found visions for America seems to border on disillusionment, but given that he suffered with horrible episodes of depression, and had a crazy wife, it would be safe to say that he was probably mentally ill.