"Ever since Lincoln’s presidency,
virtually every battle that free men have fought for the principles of
limited government, State sovereignty, personal liberty, etc., has
stemmed directly from Lincoln’s usurpation of power and subjugation and
forced union of what used to be 'Free and Independent States'"
April 9, 1865This is the date when General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of
Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House,
Virginia. Regardless of where one comes down on the subject of the War
Between the States, one fact is undeniable: Abraham Lincoln seriously
dismantled the Jeffersonian model of federalism in America.
Ever since Lincoln’s presidency, virtually every battle that free men
have fought for the principles of limited government, State
sovereignty, personal liberty, etc., has stemmed directly from Lincoln’s
usurpation of power and subjugation and forced union of what used to be
“Free and Independent States” (the Declaration of Independence). In
fact, the philosophical battles being waged today regarding every
encroachment upon liberty and State autonomy by our federal government
have their roots in Lincoln’s autocracy.