Lincoln was a racist who was also guilty of war crimes and is responsible for the deaths of over 600,000 Americans.
In 1858, during a debate with Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln said: “I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races, that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people….” (Google Lincoln-Douglas debates.)
It is commonly taught that the War Between the States was about the abolition of slavery. Actually, the impetus for the war was due to a tariff placed on imported goods coming through Southern sea ports by a Northern dominated Congress. This tariff was referred to by Southerners as the Tariff of Abominations and nearly caused South Carolina to secede from the Union. Andrew Jackson threatened to send federal troops to Charleston if South Carolina refused to collect the tariff and send it to Washington. (See “Kearney’s March” by Winston Groom.)
This tariff was used to build roads and bridges in the northern states while the south was left to fend for itself.
Senator William Grayson of Virginia expressed concern that the South would eventually become the “milch cow” of the Union.
When the southern states threatened secession, Lincoln was asked why he didn’t just let the South go. He said: ”Let the South go? Let the South go! Where then shall we get our revenues?”(See “Memoirs of Service Afloat” by Raphael Semmes.)
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation excluded slave states that remained in or aligned with the Union and certain parishes in Louisiana that were under control of Union troops. It only applied to states in the Confederacy, which was a sovereign nation, over which Lincoln had no legal authority.
Therefore, his proclamation did not free slaves anywhere.
All slaves were eventually freed by passage of the Thirteenth Amendment on December 6th, 1865.
In 1858, during a debate with Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln said: “I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races, that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people….” (Google Lincoln-Douglas debates.)
It is commonly taught that the War Between the States was about the abolition of slavery. Actually, the impetus for the war was due to a tariff placed on imported goods coming through Southern sea ports by a Northern dominated Congress. This tariff was referred to by Southerners as the Tariff of Abominations and nearly caused South Carolina to secede from the Union. Andrew Jackson threatened to send federal troops to Charleston if South Carolina refused to collect the tariff and send it to Washington. (See “Kearney’s March” by Winston Groom.)
This tariff was used to build roads and bridges in the northern states while the south was left to fend for itself.
Senator William Grayson of Virginia expressed concern that the South would eventually become the “milch cow” of the Union.
When the southern states threatened secession, Lincoln was asked why he didn’t just let the South go. He said: ”Let the South go? Let the South go! Where then shall we get our revenues?”(See “Memoirs of Service Afloat” by Raphael Semmes.)
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation excluded slave states that remained in or aligned with the Union and certain parishes in Louisiana that were under control of Union troops. It only applied to states in the Confederacy, which was a sovereign nation, over which Lincoln had no legal authority.
Therefore, his proclamation did not free slaves anywhere.
All slaves were eventually freed by passage of the Thirteenth Amendment on December 6th, 1865.
Some of the many atrocities committed by Lincoln’s Union Army are as follows:
1. Lincoln ordered General Sherman to “make Georgia howl.” So Sherman marched through Georgia burning not only towns, villages, factories and grist mills, but also burning crops, leaving women, children, and the elderly to starve. Sherman captured more than two thousand white women and children who were sent to the North to work at sustenance level pay, making them virtual slaves for the Yankees. They were never returned to their
families.
2. Union Colonel John B. Turchin was court-martialed
3. In Marion County Missouri, Gen. John McNeil threw southern sympathizers in jail for expressing a pro-Southern point of view. When a Union informer came up missing, McNeil threatened to kill ten of these men if the informer did not show up. When the informer did not show up, these men were summarily executed. Shortly afterwards, McNeil was promoted to Brigadier General by Lincoln.
4. In 1862, several tribes of Native Americans revolted against the cruel policies of the United States government. This caused Minnesotans to fear for their safety. General John Pope rounded up 300 warriors, out of which Lincoln selected thirty-nine to execute. These Native Americans executed, simply to assuage the fears of white Minnesotans so they would vote for the re-election of Lincoln, which they did. (For details of the above and other atrocities, see, “The South was Right” by James and Walter Kennedy.)
By invading The Confederate States of America, a sovereign nation, Lincoln caused the death of more than 600,000 Americans, not to end slavery but out of pure greed and to retain control of power.
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