The Most Cynical And Hypocritical Speech Ever Delivered

"President Lincoln trampling the Constitution underfoot while writing the Emancipation Proclamation with ink from the Devil's inkpot. From the wall, abolitionist John Brown looks on approvingly from underneath a halo."
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Lincoln’s invasion of the Southern states was the very definition of treason under the U.S. Constitution. Article 3, Section 3 proclaims that: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort" (emphasis added). Treason under the U.S. Constitution consists "only" in waging war against "them," namely, the free, independent and sovereign states, plural. Lincoln redefined treason to mean any criticism by anyone of him or his administration. In fact, he even said that a man who stands by and says nothing while the war was being discussed was guilty of "treason."