Clara said, in part, about one of our most honorable presidents:

"The man should have been tried for war crimes and handed over to a firing 
squad.  Which, come to think of it, is kinda sorta but not exactly what 
happened. "

Well, Clara, had he been tried (by whom, I wonder), suppose he had been 
acquitted, as is most likely considering that the south started the whole 
mess, he didn't.

And, he faced no firing squad, just the pistol of a vengeful man acting 
alone, and, to be brutely honest, the man did not even have the guts to face 
him, he shot in the back, the mark of a true coward. The murderer committed 
a criminal act - it was neither just nor justified. Lincoln was mourned. The 
loss to the nation was great indeed. Historians can study the documents 
Lincoln left showing his intent to bring the south back into the union 
without retributions. Instead, his brutal and senseless murder hardened the 
hearts of those who had to carry on without Abe's leadership. The result is 
the retribution known as "reconstruction" and the fact that slaves were 
never compensated for their labors and sacrifices.

Anne








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