Stinkin’ lincoln: A Study in Hypocrisy
ABRAHAM LINCOLN & THE HUNGARIAN RESOLUTION
Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 resolution in support of Hungarian freedom, which stated, “Resolved: That it is the right of any people, sufficiently numerous for national independence, to throw off, to revolutionize, their existing form of government, and to establish such other in its stead as they may choose,” reveals a profound hypocrisy when juxtaposed with his actions during the American Civil War.
In his First Inaugural Address, Lincoln expressed similar ideals, ideals that he threw to the wind in his deep-seated hypocrisy:
“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it. I can not be ignorant of the fact that many worthy and patriotic citizens are desirous of having the National Constitution amended.”
Lincoln’s resolution echoes the sentiments of the Declaration of Independence, suggesting a belief in the right of peoples to self-determination and revolution against oppressive governance. This stance would align with the Confederate States’ assertion of their Right to Secede from the Union. However, Lincoln’s actions during the Civil War starkly contradict this professed belief in the Right to revolutionize government.
During the Civil War, Lincoln vehemently opposed the Secession of the Southern states. He maintained that the Union was perpetual and that no State had…
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