[lbo-talk] US elections ( Michelle O, ma belle)

[Gar Lipow]

>
>  Actually, Lincoln was part of Congressional opposition to the Mexican War.
>  His war on the South was based on establishing a common currency and keeping
>  the Union intact so as to project American power abroad. The "end" of
>  slavery was a by-product, and was followed, as Charles knows, by 100 years
>  of apartheid.
>
>  Dennis
>

His opposition to the Mexican War including funding it once it
started. Sort of an 'oppose the war, support our troops' sort of
thing. On the other paw, even though he was extremely racist most of
what he said and wrote showed he knew that winning the civil war would
ultimately end slavery. (That was the point of a nation not being able
survive long half slave and half free. If the Union included free
states and not too many special rights for the slave states, slavery
could not survive. The attempt at succession was because the South
agreed with Lincoln. Slavery could not survive in a nation the slave
owners did not dominate.)  I think Marx had a thing or two to say on
this subject.