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Entry: The Limits of Lincoln Bashing Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_limits_of_lincoln_bashing#24251 Post contents: The tariff was a minor issue. It became a "major" issue after the civil war, as Confederate apologists strove to rework the history of the conflict so as to minimize slavery as the motivating factor for secession (slavery had become generally odious in the country and the world by then). As for whether the constitution was ratified by the states or "the people", one need look no further than the document itself, which specifies that it be ratified by conventions of the people (not the state legislatures, which would have been the logical organs of ratification if the document was to be ratified in the name of the states).Hence the document begins with the famous "We the people of the United States" clause. The anti-federalists were well aware that the constitution would create a national government with powers potentially greater than those of the states and attempted to restrain that government with the Bill of Rights (a partial success at best). Sent at: 2008 09 07