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Entry: The Limits of Lincoln Bashing Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_limits_of_lincoln_bashing#24288 Post contents: Two things to note: Anyone who thinks that Lincoln was a Calvinist needs to go back out and come in again. You can't know very much about either Lincoln or Calvin and believe that. Lincoln talked about God and his governance often enough, but so did lots of other folks in the 19C. There's a lot more to being a Calvinist than that. Anyone who thinks that the tariff was a minor issue until Confederate apologists made it a major issue after the war either doesn't know very much about American politics from 1815-1861 or is grinding an axe. Things like debate over internal improvements, the Tariff of Abominations, and the Nullification Crisis are the bigger pieces of evidence for the claim that the tariff was major. I wouldn't argue that the tariff was THE issue, but it was a major issue. To say that Confederate apologists made it up after the war is simply not true to the basic historical facts. Sent at: 2008 07 06