He may have been the most significant American leader in the 19th century. But Abraham Lincoln was an enigma. Was he a Christian? Was Lincoln more committed to the dignity of the African American citizen, or the integrity of the federal union? Kevin Swanson interviews researcher and civil war author, John Dwyer on these important historical questions, in light of the new Lincoln movie produced by Steven Spielberg.
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“ Lincoln the Racist ” Some articles and excerpts:
Lincoln the Racist
(Or: Steven Spielberg, Call Your Office)
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
http://lewrockwel l.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo241.ht ml
"Who freed the slaves? To the extent that they were ever ‘freed,’ they were freed by the Thirteenth Amendment, which was authored and pressured into existence not by Lincoln but by the great emancipators nobody knows, the abolitionists and congressional leaders who created the climate and generated the pressure that goaded, prodded, drove, forced Lincoln into glory by associating him with a policy that he adamantly opposed for at least fifty-four of his fifty-six years of his life."
Lerone Bennett, Jr., Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln’ s White Dream, p. 19
Lincoln’s Greatest Failure
(Or, How a Real Statesman Would Have Ended Slavery)
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
http://lewrockwell. com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo242.html
"Every other country in the world got rid of slavery without a civil war . . . . How much would that cost compared to killing 600,000 Americans when the hatred lingered for 100 years."
~ Ron Paul to Tim Russert on "Meet the Press" in 2007
Chris in Vancouver (11/23/2012)
from Vancouver, BC
“ Lincoln the Racist ” In 1861 President Abraham Lincoln waged war on his own people after declaring in his first inaugural address: "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."
Chris in Vancouver (11/23/2012)
from Vancouver, BC
“ Lincoln the Racist ” Some snippets that can be googled:
Abraham Lincoln made crystal clear in his letter of August 22, 1862, to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, he had not mobilized the armed forces to free the slaves, but only to prevent the seceding states from leaving the union: “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.”[1] When Lincoln brought forth the Emancipation Proclamation –a document carefully drawn so that at the time of its promulgation it freed not a single slave –he issued it only because at that time it seemed to be a useful means for the attainment of his “paramount object,” preserving the union. The slaves, including those in states that had not seceded, were ultimately freed for good by ratification (at gunpoint in the former Confederate states) of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, which is to say as a ramification of the war, which itself had not been undertaken in 1861 in pursuit of this then-unforeseen outcome.
Kevin Swanson has served as elder and pastor of Reformation Church, OPC since its inception. Kevin was raised on the mission field in Japan in the 1960's and 1970's. Together with his wife Brenda, they are bringing up five children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord....
