Abraham Lincoln was a man that found himself smack dab in the middle of a fight he didnt want nor create. But it was a fight he could not run away from; for it was a fight concerning a universal principle on which he should have remained inflexible. That principle was, that men and women are all equal and must be treated with the same respect; the principle of “Independence”. Now this universal principle was not a man made law at that time. No laws had been written concerning slavery. So how was one to know what the truth was? If it was so universal, why did half of all Americans at that time side with the South who wanted slavery?
With no law to hang your hat on, it is very easy to side any way you choose for the moment for there is always the excuse one can make I didnt know sir. Is there a law that says we should not enslave our fellow man? But Universal principle nevertheless exists and it does also demand a price even when no law states so. When we go against universal principle we sin against nature and our consciousness bears witness with us that we have committed a foul deed. There really is no place to escape. You know it as well as I. You may...