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To: koan who wrote (1055246)	2/17/2018 4:22:24 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575616

"Do you recognize this, hypocrite?" I do, my child. "you must be lying, about Lincoln and the Republicans of 1860, or pretty thick, because I have explained that to you a zillion times. " No; you just spin some pretty fucked up explanations. "Lincoln was a hard core liberal of his day." No, he wasn't. We've already been over this.... Message 31437790 The liberals were the abolitionists. He was not an abolitionist, and, when given the chance, didn't abolish it in states which had remained in the Union, because the Constitution permitted slavery. Lincoln's Reluctant War: How Abolitionists Leaned on the President ... theatlantic.com Oct 26, 2012 - Lincoln's Reluctant War: How Abolitionists Leaned on the President. For a group of passionate New Englanders, the Civil War was always a divine mission to end the scourge of slavery. It took a while for Lincoln to see things that way. "It was the supreme court. " It was the Republican Governor Warren court.