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The Articles of Confederation joined the states "in perpetual union". That clause wasn't included in the Constitution because once you've joined in perpetual union, there's no need to repeat it.

Interestingly, if the South had just refrained from succession? Slavery would have probably lasted longer. However, the clock was definitely ticking.

Good work I look foward to each episode

Chris Calton's assessment of Abraham does not do him justice. If we take "Honest Abe" at his word, then in the context of the social, political, and military factors and events, Lincoln's words are both consistent and logical. He was a pragmatic moderate on abolition, but an abolitionist at heart nonetheless. He viewed as his mandate and duty to prohibit the spread of slavery into the territories and to hold the United States of American together. Both were essential goals in the greater aspiration of abolishing slavery. And when the time was right and the opportunity arose, he emancipated those slaves that he believed he had the authority to emancipate under the guidelines of the U.S. Constitutions. As far as Lincoln's moniker of "Honest Abe", there is a long history and precedence for that name. True it was also a great campaign slogan as Calton implies at 38:53, but it wasn't simply something coined for his political campaign. It is verifiable that Abraham Lincoln had long established his reputation as an honest and trustworthy individual. I know of no instances where he broke his word or violated that trust. He may have changed his views or altered his specific objectives as circumstances changed and dictated, but even those actions are consistent with the policies and views he expressed all along. There might be one or two exceptions that seem out of character, but those are outliers and certainly are not definite or pivotal events. Here are just a few sources I have found searching online that confirm Abraham Lincoln's established reputation as someone who was honest and trustworthy: greatamericanhistory.net/honesty.htm Leidner, Gordon. "Abraham Lincoln's great laws of truth, integrity: A long career ruled by honesty". Washington Times Civil War Page, February 20, 1999. www.csmonitor.com/1987/0210/labra-f.html Marquand, Robert. "The Illinois town where `Honest Abe' earned his nickname". The Christian Science Monitor, February 10, 1987. www.fpri.org/article/2008/06/honest-abe-abraham-lincoln-and-the-moral-character/ Howe, Walker Howe. "HONEST ABE: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE MORAL CHARACTER" FPRI’s Wachman Center, Vol. 13, No. 16, June 2008. housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/lincoln/honest-abe/ A collection of documents and sources examining the question: Did Lincoln deserve the nickname, “Honest Abe”?

the sincerity of a politician stands in his actions - Mr.Lincoln' s inner thoughts are irrelevant, we judge him by the Emancipation proclamation and the 13th Amendament because these actions define his struggle and his role in American history

2020 is worse than 1860