Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator

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To Subdue an Enemy Interpretation is a key concept in living a civil lifestyle and governing a civil country. Abraham Lincoln had many interpretations that were objected that directly a country fighting a civil war. These actions, though controversial were key stepping stones in restructuring a nation that had fallen apart. Lincoln, now viewed as the “Great Emancipator”, was not always viewed as so in the eyes of his fellow countrymen. Many of his decisions led to uproar, but one in the end set the ground for the United States as we know it today. James McPherson tries to get many points across in “As Commander-in-Chief I Have a Right to Take Any Measure Which May Best Subdue the Enemy.” It seems at times that he will go as far as calling Lincoln a man who is unconstitutional and even goes against his own morals. As his article progresses you see more of the main point that McPherson is trying to make. Early in his document, McPherson says when referring to Lincoln declaring war, “The…show more content…
There is not always a perfect interpretation even in times of war, but all things have to be considered in order to preserve justice and the lives of the innocent man. Lincoln, while to not all at the time was considered the “Great Emancipator”, did what was in his mind correct at the time and freed the slaves and preserved a nation in a time that it could have completely fallen apart. Also, that no matter the battles and oppression faced that the justice that Lincoln wanted could and was reached. “ ‘The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat,’ Lincoln continued, ‘for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as a destroyer of liberty, especially as the sheep is a black one’”(McPherson, p. 220). Lincoln was a great liberator of the time and will always be the key liberator in our
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