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It’s still not clear what constitutional authority Abe Lincoln actually possessed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. But, as today is the 150th anniversary of that presidential directive, let us all celebrate the Proclamation’s moral majesty. This was the beginning of the end of a horrid evil, the beginning of the expiation of a national sin.
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CJW| 1.1.13 @ 1:55PM
The EP applied only to the slaves in the states that seceeded from the Union. It was basically an Executive Order by Lincoln as a Commander in Chief that affected only the states that seceeded. The "constitutional basis" that abolished slavery is the 13 th Amendment.
Aristocat| 1.2.13 @ 4:48AM
So the Proclamation was bogus....just an attempt to punish Southern states and foment a rebellion by former slaves.
Oldefarte| 1.2.13 @ 11:08AM
Lincoln was a socialist dictator who used the power of the presidency to rape the southern section of this country and its residents. May he burn in hades!!!!!!!!!