Actually you are not being fair, states had secceded, which at that time was
Constitutional. What Lincoln did was make a war with a new soveriegn nation.
You can't really call it a rebellion if it is one country against another.
Well, you can if you went to public schools! History as they say is
written by the victor.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech
"gatt" wrote in message
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"Alan" wrote in message

Lincoln suspended habeas corpus among other things.

To be fair, he had constitutional justification...time of rebellion or
insurrection et al.

Even the human body's immune system over reacts when
faced with invaders.

Interesting analogy.

-c