Looking back over the Civil War, I would have disagreed with Abraham Lincoln on one issue. I would have made sure that every state wanted to belong to the union before I invited them back. If it took Mississippi nearly 150 years to ratify the 13th Amendment, they probably weren’t in a hurry to get back in.
ROSE NOLEN: States should be united, not undermine federal law
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 | 6:00 a.m. CST
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