Lincoln????

to what extent did Abraham Lincoln live up to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence in his speeches and as president.





if you have any instences or a page where i can find this information, i'll give you the ten points!|||I'd say zero extent.





"Upon taking office Lincoln implemented a series of unconstitutional acts, including launching and invasion of the South without consulting Congress, declaring martial law; blockading Southern ports; suspending the writ of habeas corpus for the duration of his administration; imprisoning without trial thousands of Northern citizens; arresting and imprisoning newspaper publishers who were critical of him; censoring all telegraph communication; nationalizing the railroads; creating several new states without the consent of the citizens of those states; ordering Federal troops to interfere with elections in the North by intimidating Democratic voters; deporting a member of Congress, for criticizing the administration’s income tax proposal at a Democratic Part rally; confiscating private property; confiscating firearms; effectively gutting the 9th and 10th amendments to the Constitution.





Free elections suppressed in Maryland





Members of the State legislature suspected of being in favor of secession, or antiwar were arrested and imprisoned at Fort Lafayette. The federal government placed posters at the polling booths instruction everyone to point out any “peace activist” to soldiers so that they could be arrested and prohibited from voting. The ballots were made of different colors so that soldiers could throw out the Peace Party votes.





Lincoln favored secession





He orchestrated the secession of western Virginia from the rest of the state and set up a puppet government of the new state of West Virginia. He ignored legal and constitutional arguments that a state must first exist before being admitted into the union. Neither the president nor Congress had the constitutional authority to create states, for a truly free state can on be created by its people."





I'd say he words rang just as hollow. His emancipation proclaimation didn't free a single slave. It was a blantant attempt to incite a violent slave revolt in the south. The slaves under Lincolns control in states such as Missouri, Kentucky, and Marlyand were not freed until well after the war was over.