Media's Over-the-Top Praise for Obama at Second Inaugural

We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live

The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.

It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.

...that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain...

BladeRunner wrote:my opinion about Lincoln has definitely changed in the last few years.

Not sure I am to the point of calling him a tyrant yet, but states rights did take a hit because of him.

The Lincoln administration set the template for tactic of using war as an excuse to destroy constitutional liberties. Lincoln illegally suspended Habeas Corpus and imprisoned tens of thousands of Northern political dissenters without due process; shut down hundreds of opposition newspapers in the Northern states; deported a political opponent, Congressman Clement L. Vallandigham of Ohio; confiscated firearms in the border states; illegally created the state of West Virginia out of Northwestern Virginia; and much more. Indeed, Lincoln’s invasion of the Southern states was the very definition of treason under Article 3, Section 3 of the Constitution which reads: "Treason" against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort" (emphasis added). The founders were careful to always speak of "the United States" in the plural in all of the founding documents. That’s why the constitution’s definition of treason refers to "them" and "their." A central government that wages war against the free and independent states (the language of the Declaration of Independence) is guilty of treason. That of course is precisely what Lincoln did. (He always insisted that the Southern states never legally seceded, were never a legitimately separate country, and were always a part of the U.S.).

Gomezz Adddams wrote:

BladeRunner wrote:my opinion about Lincoln has definitely changed in the last few years.

Not sure I am to the point of calling him a tyrant yet, but states rights did take a hit because of him.

Read "The Real Lincoln" by Thomas DeLirenzo. It's a real eye opener.



You can read a lot of his essays over at lewrockwell.com. Here's his archives:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo-arch.html

Here's a taste:

The Lincoln administration set the template for tactic of using war as an excuse to destroy constitutional liberties. Lincoln illegally suspended Habeas Corpus and imprisoned tens of thousands of Northern political dissenters without due process; shut down hundreds of opposition newspapers in the Northern states; deported a political opponent, Congressman Clement L. Vallandigham of Ohio; confiscated firearms in the border states; illegally created the state of West Virginia out of Northwestern Virginia; and much more. Indeed, Lincoln’s invasion of the Southern states was the very definition of treason under Article 3, Section 3 of the Constitution which reads: "Treason" against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort" (emphasis added). The founders were careful to always speak of "the United States" in the plural in all of the founding documents. That’s why the constitution’s definition of treason refers to "them" and "their." A central government that wages war against the free and independent states (the language of the Declaration of Independence) is guilty of treason. That of course is precisely what Lincoln did. (He always insisted that the Southern states never legally seceded, were never a legitimately separate country, and were always a part of the U.S.).