What Did President Licoln Say, the Morrill Tariif Act, & Masonic Connections???

 GOP poster in 1880 hails past achievements and future protection, based on high tariff https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=PAqyDA1J&id=C1623B909CFF3806AD6CC0E99ED51BDBE6775AE1&q=confederate+tariff+law&simid=608052136494631937&selectedIndex=6&ajaxhist=0

The top pic is an interesting find on bing.  Let's look at some more pics to demonstrate symbolism.

"The Masonic Grand Lodge meets in Tel-Aviv, but there are Masonic Temples (about 70) in all important cities, from Nahariya in the north to Eilat, Israel’s southern port on the Red Sea.champion4truth.com" https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=Q3y3TM4h&id=EFBFC4798AF96293831032BD073AE5A6DAC85F26&thid=OIP.Q3y3TM4hD9zIamfmms2QwAEsDh&q=masonic+pyramid&simid=608016553025014467&selectedIndex=32&ajaxhist=0

  

 My blog @ http://citedinfo.blogspot.com/2017/02/there-was-more-to-civil-war-than_9.html  looks deeper into possible Masonic connections.  I leave that up to the reader and just present the information and symbolism.

Although i have a lot of research o n the Civil War, i will shorten it and add some of the most pertinent information here.  Comprehension of the tariffs against the South is vital to understanding why they seceded from the Union.  It seems like comprehension of the South may ease current strains in America so i publish this.

The Morrill Tariff Act
 The Morrill Tariff Act seems to have had a great impact on the Southern states’ decisions to secede. Scruggs (2005) claims that although slavery was one issue of the Civil War, there may not have been a war without the Morrill Tariff Act. Prior to 1860, unjust taxation exploited the agricultural South to enrich the North’s manufacturing states. In May of 1860 the U. S. Congress passed the Morrill Tariff Bill 105 to 64 with only one 1 Tennessee Congressman out of 40 Southern Representatives voting yay. The Morrill Tariff raised “the average tariff from about 15% to 37% with increases to 47% within three years” (Scruggs, 2005, para.9). Scruggs (2005) also explains that the South was paying 87% of United States’ tariff revenues with 80% of these revenues being spent on Northern industrial subsidies and public works before the Morrill Tariff Act. Lincoln signed the Morrill Tariff Act into law a few days after he was inaugurated. Scruggs, Mike. (4 June, 2005). UNDERSTANDING THE CAUSES OF THE
UNCIVIL WAR: A Brief Explanation of the Impact of the Morrill Tariff.
Tribune Papers. Retrieved from
http://www.ashevilletribune.com/.../Morrill%20Tariff.html


In order to alleviate Southern fears about Lincoln eradicating slavery he wrote some published letters. To Missouri Republican’s editor Lincoln said “I could say nothing which I have not already said, and which is in print and accessible to the public” (Morgan, 1993). President Lincoln penned to Alexander H. Stephens “do the people of the south really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly or indirectly, interfere with their slaves, or with them, about their slaves? If they do, I wish to assure you, as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, there is no cause for such fear” (Morgan, 1993). Editor of the New York Tribune, Horace Greeley, received a letter from Lincoln that stated “he was not ‘pledged to the ultimate extinction of slavery,’ and that he did not ‘hold the black man to be the equal of the white” (Morgan, 1993). In his inaugural address, Lincoln stated that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so", and "no state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union" (Morgan, 1993). A review of Lincoln’s own words indicate that he waged war on the South in order preserve the Union in lieu of freeing enslaved people. Morgan, Robert. (Sept.-Oct., 1993). The 'Great Emancipator' and the Issue of
Race: Abraham Lincoln's Program of Black Resettlement The Journal of
Historical Review,(Vol. 13, No. 5), pages 4-25. Retrieved from
INSTITUTE FOR HISTORICAL REVIEW @
http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v13/v13n5p-4_Morgan.html

Lincoln also said "Understand, I raise no objections against it [slavery] on legal or constitutional grounds ... I view the matter [emancipation] as a practical war measure, to be decided upon according to the advantages or disadvantages it may offer to the suppression of the rebellion" (Morgan, 1993). He thought that the slaves would create turmoil in the South as they were helping the Confederates with the work while the men were at war. It seems that the Emancipation Proclamation did not free any slaves. Morgan, Robert. (Sept.-Oct., 1993). The 'Great Emancipator' and the Issue of
Race: Abraham Lincoln's Program of Black Resettlement The Journal of
Historical Review,(Vol. 13, No. 5), pages 4-25. Retrieved from
INSTITUTE FOR HISTORICAL REVIEW @
http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v13/v13n5p-4_Morgan.html

The 'Great Emancipator' and the Issue of Race

July 4th Message to Congress

          Is it possible that there are even more clues recorded in Lincoln’s own words about why he was making war against the Confederate?  Abraham Lincoln stated that “the policy chosen looked to the exhaustion of all peaceful measures before a resort to any stronger ones. It sought only to hold the public places and property not already wrested from the Government and to collect the revenue” (Abraham Lincoln, 1861, para.5).  It seems that the revenue he was talking about is the money that the government was making from the tariff.

Abraham Lincoln. (4 July, 1861). July 4th Message to Congress. Miller Center:

 University of Virginia. Retrieved from

 http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/speech-3508

Because pics can say some  much i will finish with some memes to point out that hate against us Southerners is being propagated by the system and that we can overcome their hatred if we just be cool.