Comments on: Free versus Slave States http://www.history4u.com/free-versus-slave-states.html Real American History the way it was told in the 1800's. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:55:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Josue Matos http://www.history4u.com/free-versus-slave-states.html#comment-216 Josue Matos Mon, 19 May 2008 17:16:28 +0000 http://www.history4u.com/free-versus-slave-states.html#comment-216 I find it interesting that the phrase, "Polk, found himself with a war on his hands," is markedly different from Abraham Lincoln's assessment of the situation, after the fact, when he realized that Polk had pushed that war through congress, with much the same kind of language and sentiment that Bush pushed through the War on Iraq. Lincoln would know, since he was in Congress and voted for the war with Mexico-- although he regreted it later, when he saw that it was part of a larger scheme on the part of the Democratic party to extend the area of Pro-slavery support. This can be read in a biography of Lincoln that soley used his letters as the text, with some annotation before and after chapters, or between letters to give some background information. Those letters are excellent sources for illumination. The big question I have, is this 1899 Text book one that circulated in the North, or the South. I find it interesting that the phrase, “Polk, found himself with a war on his hands,” is markedly different from Abraham Lincoln’s assessment of the situation, after the fact, when he realized that Polk had pushed that war through congress, with much the same kind of language and sentiment that Bush pushed through the War on Iraq. Lincoln would know, since he was in Congress and voted for the war with Mexico– although he regreted it later, when he saw that it was part of a larger scheme on the part of the Democratic party to extend the area of Pro-slavery support. This can be read in a biography of Lincoln that soley used his letters as the text, with some annotation before and after chapters, or between letters to give some background information. Those letters are excellent sources for illumination.

The big question I have, is this 1899 Text book one that circulated in the North, or the South.

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