Jeffrey St. Clair @JSCCounterPunch
I don't know about "restoring" the Union, but probably if it had meant avoiding a civil war. But events, and abolitionists, were pushing Lincoln where he didn't want to go. Yes, Lincoln invented the Federal Government and its heavy hand. — PolitiTweet.org
Andrew Stewart @stew312856
@JSCCounterPunch you knew Vidal, are the history major, any thoughts? https://t.co/otKryMiKGq