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From: Mark Isaak <specimenNOSPAM@curioustaxon.omy.net>
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Subject: Re: Lincoln's Letter to the Editor of the N,Y, Tribune
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Chez Watt nomination.  Category: What logic looks like when you can't 
admit a mistake.

>> This really isn't difficult. I fail to see how you have so many 
>> problems with it.
>>
>> Yes, Lincoln's goal was to preserve the Union.
>> Why did the Union need preserving?
>> Because slave states seceded. (Not "succeeded".)
>> Why did those states secede?
>> Slavery.
>> Don't take my word for it.
>> Look up the Articles of Secession. Read the Cornerstone speech.
>> It's all written down.
>>
> You are right. This was the South's reason for the secession, but 
> secession was due to a misunderstanding of Lincoln's objective. This 
> based upon Lincoln's expressed words as to his objective in his letter 
> almost 2 years after the start of the war.
-- 
Mark Isaak
"Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between 'That
doesn't make sense' and 'I don't understand.'" - Mary Doria Russell