Originally Posted by rainshot
Lincoln was a decent man. We all have flaws and he did attempt to mollify the southern demands but extending slavery to new territories was not one of his options. He had to fight his own government and prosecute the war at the same time.


I vehemently disagree with your view on Abraham Lincoln. He was a thug who surrounded himself with atheists, socialists, Communists, Red Republicans, and Jacobins.

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