tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697060800242665861.post6832091580590661584..comments2023-11-07T10:47:56.941-05:00Comments on The Past isn't Past: "And the War Came"Mark Byrneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02022137257615203375noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697060800242665861.post-78639393993596628392011-07-04T20:13:56.879-04:002011-07-04T20:13:56.879-04:00Here is President Lincoln on July 4, 1861
http:/...Here is President Lincoln on July 4, 1861 <br /><br />http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=69802#axzz1R68lusKf<br /><br />"This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life. Yielding to partial and temporary departures, from necessity, this is the leading object of the Government for whose existence we contend."Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08379466699172376242noreply@blogger.com