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Entry: The Limits of Lincoln Bashing Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_limits_of_lincoln_bashing#24250 Post contents: "protect existing slavery with a constitutional amendment (obviously these proposals were rebuffed)" Congress passed by a two-thirds majority this 13th amendment which was to be permanent. It did not go to the states to be ratified because the South was not interested in returning under any circumstance and as Mr. Cundiff points out, the tariff was of utmost importance. Tariffs had been a source of conflict beginning in the early 1800's and something which my great, great grandfather complained about in a speech during an 1845 political campaign. Sent at: 2008 07 20