Talk:Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum address

Blaming slavery for lawlessness
Lincoln referred to "the vicious portion of [our] population...ravage and rob...and hang and burn obnoxious persons at pleasure and with impunity, depend upon it, this government cannot last". This has nothing to do with slavery. He was referring to the peculiarly American frontier justice, with posses and lynchings. This is not directly or indirectly associated with slavery, in my view.Royalcourtier (talk) 01:30, 2 August 2015 (UTC)


 * You think your opinion should trump the reliable source, which is Foner? Nope. Binksternet (talk) 09:45, 6 August 2015 (UTC)