Thanks for the links to the letter. I didn't read in it what you assert is there. Lincoln said that his concerns over the constitutionality of the Emancipation Proclamation would be judged in what happened next, and that judgement was positive in that there was no re-enslavement by the north and the constitutional amendments removed slavery from the law of the land. Your second site was less impressive. The mission of the site seems to be more political than educational. They want to provide materials for southern home schools. Well, mine will NOT be a southern home school that uses any of their materials. The materials provided on the web site are highly opinionated and the evidence does not support the conclusions around the quotes. Anne At 07:08 PM 2/26/03 -0500, you wrote: >On the internet, go here <A >HREF="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt027.html">http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt027.html</A> > >You might also visit here <A >HREF="http://www.crownrights.com/caesar/index.htm">http://www.crownrights.com/caesar/index.htm</A> >for a >rather conservative, but factually accurate for the most part, discussion of >Lincoln as "America's Caesar." > >JDS > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/stevepem http://www.educationalsynthesis.org To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html