Lincoln's Unconstitutional Actions

[My Name Is Kate]

I found this article online, which contains a list of what the author (a Pittsburgh native) says are some of Lincoln's unconstitutional actions. I would like to know how much of it is true.

http://www.thomaslegion.net/presidentabr...ident.html

* Started a war without the consent of Congress
* Illegally declared martial law
* Illegally blockaded Southern ports
* Illegally suspended habeas corpus and arrested tens of thousands of political opponents
* Illegally orchestrated the secession of West Virginia
* Shut down hundreds of opposition newspapers and imprisoned their editors and owners
* Ignored the Ninth and Tenth amendments
* Orchestrated the rigging of Northern elections
* Introduced the slavery of conscription and income taxation
* Waged war on Southern civilians
* Created an enormous political patronage system that survives today