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Mon Jul-12-04 02:07 AM
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Was Lincoln right to suspend Habeas Corpus? |
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Mon Jul-12-04 02:10 AM
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Mon Jul-12-04 02:17 AM
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But fortunately things worked out well-enough for him. It was an exceedingly dangerous thing to do, but I can for the most part buy the fact that it was probably necessary.
I don't think that the fact that it worked out that one time should ever be used as a justification for it to be done again.
A lesser man serving as President (eg. Bush) and the consequences could be truly devastating. Bye0Bye Democracy!!
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Mon Jul-12-04 06:39 AM
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4. Yes, he was putting down an armed insurrection |
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Hard to argue with success.
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Mon Jul-12-04 02:21 AM
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3. No but there were thousands of suspected Southern sympathizers |
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in the federal states. Things looked pretty dicey through much of the war.
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