Abraham Lincoln is arguably the most mythologized of all U.S. presidents. The following editorial, by Syndicated Columnist Walter Williams, includes some surprising revelations about the real Lincoln.

Does Civil War need a new name?






Why didn’t Lincoln share the same feelings about Southern secession?  Follow the money.  During the 1850s, tariffs amounted to 90 percent of federal revenue. Southern ports paid 75 percent of tariffs in 1859.  What “responsible” politician would let that much revenue go?


Let me add that Lincoln’s admission of the true motive behind his Emancipation Proclamation (as a “practical war measure”) was clearly demonstrated in its application.  Lincoln is considered the Great Emancipator, but facts prove otherwise.  The most damning is this: Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation applied only to the Confederate States.  It did not apply to the Border States. The Border States were four slave states that had not seceded from the United States: Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.  Under the Emancipation Proclamation, slavery continued in the Border States, even after the slaves in the Confederate States were freed.  Slavery was ended in Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware only as each of those states’ governments abolished it.


  1. 1 solosocial January 22, 2016 at 12:32 am

    Abraham Lincoln said this, in a debate with Stephen Douglas, September 18, 1858:

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