North Jersey Civil War Round Table Presents: The Evolution of a President

The days of trying to placate the South were over. At the time of President Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address in March of 1861 seven states had already secede, Lincoln had insisted the south had no reason to secede,  But then war came in April of 1861, Fort Sumter in South Carolina was attached. When Lincoln raised tried to raise troops, four more states seceded. 

For almost three months without a formal declaration of war and without Congressional approval, (Congress was not in session), Lincoln ran the war and performed acts contrary to the Constitution. 

On July 4, 1861, with Congress now called into session, Lincoln now asked Congress to validate the acts he committed with a step-by-step analysis. 

It is this step by step analysis that constitutes this program in a dialogue between Thomas V. Hildner, Esq. and Rich Rosenthal

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