During the Civil War, was Abraham Lincoln more interested in preserving the onion than ending slavery?

Posted on June 26, 2010 by admin


Not true. He was definitely interested in maintaining and promoting shavery in order to keep things nice and neat "down there". His wife was a faithful proponent of shavery.

True story.

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9 Responses to During the Civil War, was Abraham Lincoln more interested in preserving the onion than ending slavery?

  1. Terry W says:
    June 26, 2010 at 9:54 am

    How is this R&S?
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  2. jeffrcal says:
    June 26, 2010 at 10:28 am

    That was his public position, at least at first. Whether that was simply a political calculation or his genuine sentiment is a matter of speculation.
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  3. Sips Other Fist (((Zilla))) says:
    June 26, 2010 at 11:00 am

    Not true. He was definitely interested in maintaining and promoting shavery in order to keep things nice and neat "down there". His wife was a faithful proponent of shavery.

    True story.
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  4. old school says:
    June 26, 2010 at 11:18 am

    the onion. farmers got to eat, too.
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  5. Katie87 says:
    June 26, 2010 at 11:51 am

    If by ‘onion’ you mean’ union lol, I think by the time the war was underway, he wanted the war to end more than he wanted the Confederate states to re-join the union, as he was afraid of sustaining heavy casualties. But you could argue that because he initially introduced the Emancipation Proclamation in 1963 before he attempted to get anyone to re-join the union and extended this to all Confederate states in 1965 just after the war ended that he felt this was more important. I personally think he was more interested in ending slavery for that reason.
    =)
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  6. TheMadProfessor says:
    June 26, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    No, he had to counter the concept of federal government giving way to states’ frights…I believe his actual quote was "I ain’t ‘fraid of no hosts" in reference to the host of Southern dissenters.
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  7. Mad Dog BOB MacBob - SUPERBOB says:
    June 26, 2010 at 12:49 pm

    the very notion of the break up of the onion was enough to bring tears to his eyes!
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  8. Veronica Black says:
    June 26, 2010 at 1:17 pm

    The Vidalia must remain with the Untidy States at all costs.
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  9. Atheists e candy says:
    June 26, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    Prolly red onions.
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