Lincoln Uber Alles: Dictatorship Comes to America
By John Avery Emison
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In
his provocative book, John Avery Emison sets the record straight on
the legality of Southern secession. He laments the unnecessary loss of
620,000 lives, the burning of cities, and mass devastation to the
South, wreaked between the years of 1861 and 1865, by the North. A
close examination of the true causes of the Civil War reveals the fight
was not one for racial justice, but rather a battle over the economic
disparities between the North and the South. By illustrating how
Abraham Lincoln's tyrannical presidency paved the way for today's
bloated "Leviathan" government, Emison brings his subject into the
twenty-first century and puts forth his fear for the future.
Contrary
to contemporary assumptions, secession was--and still is--within the
rights of all states. The concept of sovereignty grants such powers to
the states, not the federal government. Emison explains the list of
violations that Lincoln committed in an effort to prevent the South's
peaceful exit from the Union. These atrocious actions include the
blockading of ports, arresting innocent citizens, suspending habeas
corpus, suppressing newspapers, and, most notably, ordering a gruesome
war without consent from Congress.
While presenting a
historical backdrop, the author credits the events and political
figures that contributed to Lincoln's election. He references
significant Supreme Court doctrines and delves into the depths of the
U.S. Constitution. Emison's arguments are backed by the expert analysis
of notable legal historians, such as Kenneth Stampp and Carl Wittke.
