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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1561185, member: 4381&quot;]This is the long term affect of the cult of Lincoln.&nbsp; Undoubtedly, Abraham Lincoln is the predominate figure in US history, but many of the things he did was to use the civil war to strengthen the grip of the federal government on the public.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lincoln said:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot; Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap--let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs;--let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>In line with this perspective he created green backs with the National Banking Act of 1863 , singed Revenue Act of 1861 which&nbsp; instituted income tax,&nbsp; suspending Habeas Corpus twice, etc.&nbsp; Consider this as opposed to Thomas Jefferson who said a little revolution now and then is good.</p><p><br /></p><p>One can argue that Lincoln provided what he needed to save the union in 1861, and Madison, Jefferson and Adams did in their time.&nbsp; We&#039;ve obviously swung way to far since 1861.&nbsp; While justice such as the use of the military to enforce civil rights in the 1960&#039;s was a justified use of federal force, the increasing implication of government on the day to day civil matters of the population is far too overreaching IMO.&nbsp; to the point, a demise of cash would be a terrible implication of government authority within the private affairs of the individual.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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