en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/502926 Comments by mikef622 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=1062#IDComment18651636 Sounds like a great idea to me! What better way to send a message? Get rid of all of them! Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:08:32 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=1062#IDComment18651636 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=1062#IDComment18651387 While you read the excerpts below, consider that what Lincoln did is the very thing good patriots are fighting against today...an out of control federal government which has far overstepped its constitutional boundaries, partly due to ignorance of citizens and mostly because it can, with citizens staring down the barrels of your guns. <a href="http://www.lascv.com/andry.htm" target="_blank">http://www.lascv.com/andry.htm</a> Abraham Lincoln, who had supported the right of secession while in congress, took the oath of office, as president, determined to do all that was necessary to nullify the secession of South Carolina, Georgia and the gulf states. The question of legality and constitutionality would not play a part in his decision to make war on the seceded states. Lincoln&#039;s willingness to totally disregard the Covenant document of the &quot;sacred union&quot; drove four of the border states to the side of the Southern Confederacy. He prevented the secession of other border states by the use of martial law, which he had no legal authority to impose. Lincoln&#039;s utter disregard for the provisions of the Constitution are well documented, but little known today. His despotic acts not only overthrew the constitutional governments of the South, he overthrew the constitutional republic of republics of the North and South. It&#039;s for this reason that Washington D.C. is now an imperial capitol and no longer the seat of federal government handed down by the founding fathers. We must remember the constitutional liberties {that} our ancestors fought for in two wars for independence. Alexander H. Stevens, who had been vice president of the Confederacy, spoke wisely and his words need to be remembered by a new generation of Southerners. He said &quot;The Cause which was lost by the surrender of the Confederates, was only the maintenance of this Principle by arms. It was not the Principle itself that they abandoned.&quot; We too must remember the principle for which our ancestors spilt so much of their blood. We need a return to limited constitutional government. A confederacy of sovereign states is what we were given by the first act of secession. A confederacy of sovereign states is what was lost in both North and South when the Southern states were forced back into the union by grapeshot and the bayonet. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:59:31 +0000 http://theglennbeck912project.com/?page_id=1062#IDComment18651387