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Entry: The Limits of Lincoln Bashing Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_limits_of_lincoln_bashing#24409 Post contents: To all the DiLorenzoites out there: it is time for facts, not neocon (that is, neoconfederate) fictions: 1) if the tariff issue was so important, why doesn't it arise in the Lincoln-Douglas debates (remember boys, the main issue was slavery, ja?) 2) the Morrill bill was passed AFTER seven states seceded in the South. How can the tariff then be the cause of secession? As the secessionists themselves admitted, it was all about states' rights (especially the right to own slaves). 3) A Democrat still signed the bill into law, ok? 4) if the paleolibs are so hot for the Confederacy, maybe they should read a book on how the Dixie Congress imposed tariffs too. So much for laissez-faire in the South! These are the facts and they are not in dispute, at least among the literate. Sent at: 2008 07 20