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Old 09-28-2012, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by HuskyMan View Post
the South sent a peace envoy to Washington DC to try and negotiate peace. Lincoln and Co refused them. Southerners are a "Can we sit down and work this out peacefully?" type of people; in contrast, Yankees are more of a "Let's allow the medium of War settle our differences" type of people.

What's the difference between a Yankee and a Da** Yankee?

Answer: A Yankee visits the south and then goes back to Yankeeland. A Da** Yankee comes to visit the south, then decides to stay. Northern invaders.
Another astonishing post, along with your assertion that Lincoln was a warmongering president, which conveniently forgets that a large number of the southern states had seceded way BEFORE he took office. I find your understanding of history quite interesting.

reality check here, South Carolina seceded in december of 1860, Lincoln assumed office March 4, 1861, and South Carolina kicked off the civil war with The battle of Ft Sumter on April 12–14, 1861, less than a month later. Does that sound like a group of people willing to "sit down and work this out peacefully"?

In the above post, you are referring of course to the Hampton Roads peace conference? the one the confederates sent to Washington on feburary 3rd, 1865, TWO MONTHS prior to the total military surrender of the confederacy?

interesting link on that conference-
The Hampton Roads Peace Conference: A Final Test of Lincoln's Presidential Leadership

excerpt-

"Lincoln, who fervently wanted to end the bloodshed, gave a great deal of thought to peace after his reelection. He realized, however, that serious obstacles stood in the way of any negotiations that would restore the Union and acknowledge black freedom. The main obstacle, he concluded, was Jefferson Davis. "No attempt at negotiation with the insurgent leader could result in any good," Lincoln declared in his annual message to Congress on December 6. Davis "would accept nothing short of severance of the Union—precisely what we will not and cannot give. His declarations to this effect are explicit and oft-repeated. He cannot voluntarily reaccept the Union; we cannot voluntarily yield it." The issue "between him and us ... can only be tried by war, and decided by victory," the president told Congress. "
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