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Entry: A Reply to Thomas DiLorenzo Link: http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/a_reply_to_thomas_dilorenzo#24867 Post contents: If memory serves, Mel Bradford accused Lincoln of relocating the constitutional basis American government from the Constitution itself to the equalitarian language of the Declaration, all the time ignoring the historical meaning and purpose of both documents. This is not the same as saying he "legitimized the spread of democracy at home and abroad." Professor Havers is able to understand that Lincoln did not have global democracy in mind when he spoke of a nation dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Bradford, I think, understood this as well. Sent at: 2008 12 02