Who is Most Responsible for the Civil War??

ole · #11 04-16-2005, 12:00 PM

Thanks for that, Unionblue.

Lincoln is villified for making the tough choice. Whatever anyone says, we are better off today because he had the 'nads to do it. (Occupied Alabama notwithstanding.)

ole · #12 04-18-2005, 11:56 PM

Amen.

The man is questioned, second-guessed, even villified. But when the strokes got short, he said this is where it stops. We may never again see his like. A truly, truly great man.

rin1 · #13 04-28-2005, 11:07 PM

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison - For not recognizing the abomination of slavery and insisting on the words "all men are created equal" as a true tennant of our country, from its inception.

#14 05-06-2005, 12:02 AM

I see Lincoln catching the blame because he stood up and made the hard choice.

And the wrong one.

ole · #15 05-06-2005, 12:08 AM

Tommy:

And what would have been the right one?

#16 05-06-2005, 12:59 AM

Ole,

Letting the South have the Liberty, the Right of Self Determination without killing them. Avoiding war. Meeting with peace committees. Lots of things. Hey, I just voted my conscience.
YMOS
tommy

johan_steele · #17 05-06-2005, 07:17 AM

250,000 odd Southerners fought for the Union, was their right of self determination for naught? The CS needed a Chamberlain in the White House, they got Lincoln.

showmegal · #18 05-11-2005, 10:23 PM

How about Harriet Beecher Stowe to whom Lincoln said when he met her "So you're the little lady who started this big war"! Just kidding!!!

ole · #19 05-11-2005, 11:22 PM

showmegal ... "just kidding" was what Lincoln was saying.

lrd89 · #20 05-24-2005, 01:12 PM

I picked John Brown out of the list that was offered. He made a bad situation much worse. I really believe that the Civil War was inevitable. The sectional rivalry was too great. Abolitionists weren't going to comprimise nor were the southerners. New states being added to the Union and we had the Kansas-Nebraska act etc. adding fuel to the fire.