It was really close...

"W P Dixon" wrote in message
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Very well said,
Sometimes we only see the part of history we chose to see. Lincoln had
the entire Maryland State Legislature arrested and never charged with a
crime....just to keep them from voting for or against secession. Numerous
newspaper owner/editors were arrested because they expressed the thought
that the Constitution allowed for secession..as a few northestern states
had
threathened many a time. I didn't agree with Lincoln throwing the
Constitution out of the window then, and I don't agree with doing it now
either.
Lincoln started a very bad trend of the Federal Government having all
of
the power,...and to this day we are at the mercy of the Federal
Government.
I'm pretty sure the founding fathers have been disgusted at us since 1861
..

Actually not. Some of the founding fathers, such as Jefferson, wanted a
very limited federal government and others wanted a federal government even
larger and more intrusive than what we have now. Don't forget also some of
the founding fathers wanted a monarchy. The end result was a compromise but
the Jeffersonian minimalist have over the centuries been losing ground to
the bigger is better types.