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Politics : Idea Of The Day
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To: LPS5 who wrote (47516)12/14/2004 12:21:07 AM
From: Ira Player   of 50167
 
Lincoln

The creation of the Confederacy was a result of Lincoln opposition to the extension of slavery to the territories. He believed that the "Missouri Compromise" of 1820 should stand and actions were being taken / had been taken to undermine it. The southern states knew that a Lincoln election would end that tactic.

Lincoln stopped (at least) 2 attempts by military commanders to free slaves in southern territory under their control, believing that it unjustly deprived the owners of their property without due process.

He made several attempts at "Compensated Emancipation" but could not get it through Congress.

He attempted to use the threat of emancipation to shorten the duration of the war on September 22, 1862, by setting a deadline of January 1, 1863 for States to renter the Union or the slaves within them would be forever freed.

No State reentered the Union prior to the deadline, forcing Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.

If the threat had had it's intended result, slavery would have survived the Lincoln Presidency.

Egalitarianism

The concept of egalitarianism is relatively new in the US. The original intent of "All men are created equal" meant basic rights, not economic equality. Each "man" had a right to achieve all that his effort and natural abilities allowed.

Ira
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