Hilarious thread. Lincoln was a moderate. Very much a moderate. Just look at Reconstruction, and the way it ended. All 13 colonies signed onto the Constitution, so the only way to have a divorce legally would have been by Amendment, Constitutional Convention, Supreme Court decision, etc.. But this wouldn't have benefitted the powers that be on either side. The South was very much interested in expansion of Southern slavery westward and southward(Cuba.) The war was about protecting the ruling classes of both sides.
Ahem:
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
POWERS, baby. Not given to the fed.gov or prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states & people. That would include the POWER of secession, which is not delegated to fed.gov and not prohibited to the states & people.
Stop vomiting forth the lies you were fed. Sure, not your/our fault that for over 100 years we all have been fed vile, self-serving lies and propaganda. But we can all read and see the plain meaning. Time to grow up, push aside infantile gruel, and start eating the real meat that grown men eat.
