Cash:
Let's begin with this statement: "You have to understand Lincoln's approach to issues. Very often, he would concede an opponent's point, even if he didn't agree it was right, and then show how the opponent still was wrong. In this case, he conceded the opposing view that it was a secession, even though he didn't believe it was, and he showed how it was still the right thing to do."
I confess to being totally confused by the above statements. Are you suggesting that despite President Lincoln's belief that West Virginia was not 'seceding', he adopted the viewpoint that 'it was' and then went about showing that it was still the right thing to do?
In attempting to understand Lincoln's approach to issues, it's difficult to keep up with a man who says the complete opposite to what he actually means.
Dawna
"Assume a virtue, if you have it not." ~Shakespeare~
Let's begin with this statement: "You have to understand Lincoln's approach to issues. Very often, he would concede an opponent's point, even if he didn't agree it was right, and then show how the opponent still was wrong. In this case, he conceded the opposing view that it was a secession, even though he didn't believe it was, and he showed how it was still the right thing to do."
I confess to being totally confused by the above statements. Are you suggesting that despite President Lincoln's belief that West Virginia was not 'seceding', he adopted the viewpoint that 'it was' and then went about showing that it was still the right thing to do?
In attempting to understand Lincoln's approach to issues, it's difficult to keep up with a man who says the complete opposite to what he actually means.
Dawna
"Assume a virtue, if you have it not." ~Shakespeare~