The Meaning of the Gettysburg Address

[Bill Richter]

Sorry, Tom, you are wrong about Dred Scott. It endorsed popular sovereignty. If you doubt me ask Abe Lincoln. Why do you think he was so opposed to the decision? If it ruled as you say why did he ask Douglas the Freeport Question during the Lincoln Douglas Debates?

Read Bestor, "State Sovereignty and Slavery," and Roy Nichols, The Disruption of American Democracy.