Here is a great paper on the analysis of Lincoln's reasons against secession. "Paper delivered at the first-ever academic conference on secession--"Secession, State, and Economy", sponsored by the Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, held at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, April 7-9, 1995. by James Ostrowski*

*Member of the bar of New York (1984); Brooklyn Law School (J.D. 1983); State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A. Philosophy, 1980). The author wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Trina Lowmaster (State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A. Political Science, 1994) in the preparation of this article.

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a397cbbad611b.htm

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