Don’t get me wrong—I agree with what you’re saying here 100%.
It’s just that Lincoln didn’t set out to destroy the union. And States were already seceding as he made his way to Washington.
In the Lincoln / Douglas debates, he was pretty clear about not wanting to admit another slave state into the union—but to leave the existing ones. It was only later with the emancipation proclamation that really started to push back on that.
But I do 100% agree with what you said in your response. It was “these United States” before the war and it became “the United States” after. And you are very much right about us living under the giant monster government we live under today. It was a different country when Lincoln took office for sure.
Don’t get me wrong—I agree with what you’re saying here 100%.
It’s just that Lincoln didn’t set out to destroy the union. And States were already seceding as he made his way to Washington.
In the Lincoln / Douglas debates, he was pretty clear about not wanting to admit another slave state into the union—but to leave the existing ones. It was only later with the emancipation proclamation that really started to push back on that.
But I do 100% agree with what you said in your response. It was “these United States” before the war and it became “the United States” after. And you are very much right about us living under the giant monster government we live under today. It was a different country when Lincoln took office for sure.