Originally posted by dadudemonWe're not really arguing or debating, we're kind of just...talking about, well, nothing, really. Good day, sir.
You'll have to forgive me. Your post was a mess, at the time, and I didn't really pay attention to that part of it...I kinda...skipped over it.Where did I say the Emancipation Proclamation outlawed slavery?
And where am I arguing that he left slavery open in the Union? (I would argue that he did do that...depending on what you're talking about.)
Originally posted by Darth Macabre
We're not really arguing or debating, we're kind of just...talking about, well, nothing, really. Good day, sir.
Well...
We disagreed on the Emancipation Proclamation being a war tactic, first and foremost, we disagreed that Lincoln would have kept slaves if it would have kept the union together (it's simply not true. That was one of Lincoln's main political aspirations...freeing the slaves.), and we disagreed that the Emancipation Proclamation was made, mainly to weaken the Confederacy.
I'll give you Lincoln's rhetoric, and I get the first and last one. Deal? (Strangely, the last one ties into the 2nd...making it retarded that I get the 3rd and you get the 2nd...but a deal's a deal.)
Originally posted by dadudemonGood enough. Good day, sir.
Well...We disagreed on the Emancipation Proclamation being a war tactic, first and foremost, we disagreed that Lincoln would have kept slaves if it would have kept the union together (it's simply not true. That was one of Lincoln's main political aspirations...freeing the slaves.), and we disagreed that the Emancipation Proclamation was made, mainly to weaken the Confederacy.
I'll give you Lincoln's rhetoric, and I get the first and last one. Deal? (Strangely, the last one ties into the 2nd...making it retarded that I get the 3rd and you get the 2nd...but a deal's a deal.)