Historian's perspective.Speaking as a historian who has read Thomas DiLorenzo's book The Real Lincoln, I believe that I can offer a unique perspective on Mr. Dwyer's review of it ("An Honest Look at Abe" March 20 issue). In the review, Dwyer attacks Lincoln and Henry Clay for being proponents of sending blacks to colonize col·o·nize v. col·o·nized, col·o·niz·ing, col·o·niz·es v.tr. 1. To form or establish a colony or colonies in. 2. To migrate to and settle in; occupy as a colony. 3. other countries, failing to mention altogether--like DiLorenzo--that Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Madison, James, 1751–1836, 4th President of the United States (1809–17), b. Port Conway, Va. Early Career A member of the Virginia planter class, he attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Univ.), graduating in 1771. Monroe, Bushrod Washington Bushrod Washington (June 5, 1762 – November 26, 1829) is perhaps most noted for his long career on the U.S. Supreme Court as one of the Justices that made up the Marshall Court. The nephew of George Washington, he authored the famous opinion of Corfield v. (nephew of George), Francis Scott Key, Daniel Webster, Stephen Douglas, John Randolph John Randolph is a personal name that may refer to:
Also, the attempt to lay the blame of the entire war's destruction at Lincoln's feet is out of touch with reality. Lincoln's rules for the conduct of the Army while in the field were prepared by Francis Lieber, of the "Lieber's Code of War" fame, which is the foundation of accepted International Rules of War. One also wonders where the outrage is at Jefferson Davis, who let William Quantrill go unpunished unpunished Adjective without suffering or resulting in a penalty: the guilty must not go unpunished, such crimes should not remain unpunished Adj. 1. for his murder of 150 civilians in Lawrence, Kansas, or the numerous massacres of Unionists in the Civil War South. DiLorenzo is a bomb thrower with a free-trade agenda and the real reason he hates Lincoln is because he was an economic nationalist. I was personally insulted that Dwyer grouped me and other traditional conservatives who admire Lincoln with "liberals and neo-conservatives." KEITH RESSA Green Brook, New Jersey |
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