



Lincoln’s Tax War



Documented by the official acts and statements of the political authorities who actually waged the War excerpts





in

italics

below) and written by Roger Broxton





March 4, 1861,

Abraham Lincoln stated

in his

First Inaugural Address

:



“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.”

(Paragraph 4)





“The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging





to the government (four Federal tax collection forts), and

to collect the duties

(tariffs)

and imposts (import





tax

es

)

;

but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force





against or among the people anywhere

.” (Paragraph 21)



“I understand a proposed (Corwin) Amendment to the Constitution has passed Congress, to the effect





that

the

Federal Government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of the States

, including





that of persons held to service

(slavery)

. Holding such a provision to now be implied Constitutional law, I

have no objection to its

being made express and irrevocable

.” (Paragraph 32)





Lincoln and Congress declared

in all official acts and statements

that the United States invaded the





Confederate States

only

to collect an average 40% Federal sales tax on imported products, by changing the

voluntary Union into a compulsory Union

(required to collect this tax); and

not to abolish slavery

.







No official act by Congress or Lincoln ever proclaimed a war to abolish slavery

, not even the



Emancipation Proclamation

.

W

ithout such an official act,

the war over slavery teaching remains a total

lie



and offensive, hate speech, which divides Americans

.





Unless the North was fighting to abolish slavery, it was

impossible

for the South to be fighting to

maintain

slavery.





July 4, 1861,

Abraham Lincoln stated

in his

First Message to the U.S. Congress:

“My policy sought

only

to hold the public places and property not already wrested from the Government and



to collect the revenue

.” (Paragraph 5)







March 2, 1861, the U.S. Congress, by a two-thirds vote, passed the

Corwin Amendment

, which

guaranteed

permanent slavery in the U.S.,

after most Southern States had withdrawn

from the (then) voluntary

Union.





It was ratified by three Northern States

: Ohio, Maryland and Illinois,

but by

none

of the Southern States

.





On the very same day

, Congress also passed the

Morrill Tariff Act

, (

U.S. Statutes At Large 36th Congress,

Session 2, Chapter 68

), which

doubled the Federal sales tax

on imports from an average 20% to an average

40%. This then allowed Northern manufacturers to

raise their average prices 40% higher

than prices were for

European imports with no tariff.



Under the

Morrill Tariff

,

pioneer settlers buying iron and steel essentials

, such as, a plow, axe, shovel, skillet,

stove, etc… had to

pay a 200% Federal sales tax

on these items, if imported from Europe, or

200% more in

price

, if bought from Northern manufacturers.



Southerners paid most of the taxes, yet represented only one-third (1/3) of the U.S. population

.



By passing the

Morrill Tariff Act

and

Corwin Amendment

together

, the U.S. Congress offered the seceding

States,

this trade:

Return to the Union and pay an average tariff of 40% on all purchases and be guaranteed

permanent slavery. The Confederate States refused the offer to return and on May 21, 1861 enacted an average

10% import tax on purchases.



The North was willing to trade slavery for taxes throughout the war, but the South always refused

.





December 25, 1860, the State of

South Carolina declared unfair taxes

to be a cause of secession



in her

Address of South Carolina to the Slave-holding States

:



“The British parliament undertook to tax the Colonies, to promote British interests. Between taxation





without any representation, and taxation without a representation adequate to protection,

there was no

difference

.”

“And so with the Southern States towards the Northern States, in

the vital matter of taxation

,

they are in a

minority in Congress

.”

“

The people of the Southern States are not only taxed for the benefit of the Northern States, but after the

taxes are collected, three-fourths (75%) of them are expended at the North.

”

(Paragraphs 5-8)





January 29, 1861, in

Causes of Secession

, the State of

Georgia stated

:



“

The material prosperity of the North was greatly dependent on the Federal Government

; that of the South,

not at all. In the first years of the Republic the navigating, commercial and manufacturing interests of the

North

(

i.e. Wall Street industries

)

began to seek profit and aggrandizement

at the expense of the agricultural

interests

(Southerners)

.”

“After having enjoyed

(price)

protection

(by high tariffs)

to the extent of

from 15 to 200 per cent

upon their

entire business for above

thirty years

, the

(low tariff)

Act of 1846 was passed. It avoided sudden change, but

the principle was settled, and

free trade, low duties

(tariffs)

, and economy in public expenditures was the

verdict of the American people

.”

“All these classes

(Wall Street industries)

saw this and felt it and

cast about for new allies

.

The anti-

slavery sentiment

(abolitionists)

of the North offered the best chance for success

(to reinstate the high tariff)

.”



(Paragraphs 1-3)



By financing the abolition movement, Wall Street gained the seats in the U.S. Senate needed to offer the South





this trade on March 2, 1861: i.e.,

permanent slavery in the U.S., in exchange for the South paying the new

40% Federal import tax

.





February 15, 1861 in Pittsburgh, U.S. President-elect

Abraham Lincoln affirmed his priority

for passage of a high tariff

after his inauguration on March 4, 1861:



"The condition of the treasury at this time would seem to render an

early revision of the tariff

indispensable

.

The Morrill

(tariff)

Bill, now pending before Congress, may or may not become a law. If, however, it shall





not pass, I suppose

the whole subject will be one of the

most pressing and important

for the next Congress

.”



(Paragraph 4)

Lincoln did not even mention slavery

.





How Abraham Lincoln Started His Tax War



April 8, 1861 Lincoln started his war, like the Japanese at Pearl Harbor,

by a surprise attack

on Charleston

Harbor with a fleet of U.S. warships

, led by the

USS Harriet Lane

, to occupy Fort Sumter,

a Federal tax

collection fort in the territorial waters of South Carolina

.



April 29, 1861

President Jefferson Davis described the South’s response of self-defense

in





his

Message To the Confederate States Congress:

“These

(Lincoln's)

preparations

commenced in secrecy

and on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of April

transports and

vessels of war with troops, munitions, and military supplies sailed from Northern ports bound Southward

.”

“That this maneuver

(Lincoln’s surprise attack)

failed in its purpose was not the fault of those who

contrived it. A heavy tempest delayed the arrival of the expedition.”

“I directed a proposal to be made to the Commander of Fort Sumter that

we would abstain from directing





our fire on Fort Sumter

,

if

he would promise not to open fire on our forces unless first attacked

.”

“

This proposal was refused

and the conclusion was reached that the design of the United States was to





place the besieging

(Confederate)

force at Charleston between the

simultaneous fire

of the

(U

.

S

.

)

fleet and





the fort

.”

“

There remained, therefore, no alternative

but to direct that the fort (Sumter) should at once be reduced

(on

April 12)

.”

(Paragraphs 8-9)



April 15, 1861,

Abraham Lincoln

declared war against the Confederate States of America:



“Whereas, the

(revenue)

laws of the United States have been for some time past, and now are opposed by

combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course, now, therefore, I call forth the militia of

the several States, to the aggregate

number of

75,000

in order to suppress said combinations, and

to cause





the

(revenue)

laws to be duly executed

.

”

(I.e., create a compulsory Union to collect the tax). (Paragraphs 1-2)



And again on April 19, 1861:



“Whereas an insurrection against the Government of the United States has broken out and the laws of the

United States for the

collection of the revenue

cannot be effectually executed therein

: Now, therefore, I have

further deemed it advisable to set on foot a blockade of the ports within the States aforesaid.”

(Paragraphs 1

and 4)



Abraham Lincoln never even mentioned slavery in his two war Proclamations

.





Secession (Withdrawal From A Voluntary Union)



Secession was the only real check and balance of power by the States over the federal government

and





Abraham Lincoln abolished this check and balance

, reducing the States to high-taxed colonies of the federal

government.



The Southern States were more right to withdraw

from the voluntary Union called the United States than

the 13 Colonies were to declare independence from Great Britain’s compulsory Union in 1776,

because Britain

formed the 13 Colonies, whereas, the 13 independent States (Nations) formed the United States

.





The Confederate States fought in self-defense for the States’ right to remain “free, sovereign

and

independent”

guaranteed by the Founding Fathers

in the

Declaration of Independence in 1776

(last paragraph),

the

Articles of Confederation in 1778

(Article II), the

Peace Treaty with Britain in 1783

(Article I) and the





U.S. Constitution in 1789

(Amendment 10).



April 29, 1861

President Jefferson Davis

, in his

Message To The Confederate States Congress

,

explained:



“During the war waged against Great Britain by her colonies on this continent a common danger impelled

them to a close alliance and to the formation of a

Confederation

(in Article I,

named ‘The United States of

America’

)

.”

“The several States made

explicit declaration

in a distinct Article

(II)

- that

‘each State retains its

Sovereignty, freedom, and independence

, and every power, jurisdiction and right which is not by this

Confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.’”

“The war of the Revolution was successfully waged, and resulted in the

Treaty of Peace

with Great Britain





in 1783, by the terms of which

the several States were each by name recognized to be independent





(Article I).

”

“The States endeavored in every possible form to exclude the idea that the separate and independent

sovereignty of each State was merged into one common government and nation, and

to impress in the

Constitution its true character - that of a compact between independent States

.”

“An organization

(voluntary Union)

created by the States

to secure the blessings of liberty and





independence against foreign aggression,

has been gradually

perverted

into a machine for their control

.”

“

The creature

(federal government)

has been exalted above its creators

(the States)

.”

(Paragraph 1-2)



It is

impossible for secession

, for any reason or no reason, by the Nations (States) that created a voluntary





Union,

to be a cause of war or a declaration of war

. If the Southern States could not withdraw in peace, then





the U.S. can not secede from the United Nations in peace or Britain from the European Union, examples of

voluntary unions, as once was the U.S. Like the Southern States,

Britain's recent secession from the European

Union was not a cause of war or a declaration of war

.





Abraham Lincoln

alone

declared war

, stating three times (above) that

the only cause of his war was:

“

to collect the revenue

” from Southerners by creating a new, compulsory Union

. Secession and declaring

war are two very different events.





The War Over Slavery Deception



No official act by Congress or Lincoln ever proclaimed a war to abolish slavery

, not even the





Emancipation Proclamation

; and,

without such an official act, the war over slavery teaching remains





completely false, offensive and divisive hate speech

.



Unless the North was fighting to end slavery, it was impossible for the South to be fighting to maintain

slavery

.



September 22, 1862, in his

Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

,

Abraham Lincoln

stated:



“I do hereby proclaim and declare that

hereafter,

as heretofore

, the war will be prosecuted for the object





of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States”



(i.e., reduce the States from Nations into counties of the federal government

to collect

Lincoln's oppressive



tariffs to enrich the Wall Street tycoons, who elected Lincoln

). (Paragraph 1)







Even in his

Proclamation

Lincoln did not claim abolishing slavery was an object of his war

. Lincoln's



Proclamation

(Paragraph 3)

offered the Southern States three months to return to the Union (pay Lincoln's

oppressive taxes) and keep their slaves

.

None did.





January 1, 1863, in his final

Emancipation Proclamation

,

Abraham Lincoln

affirmed his

only reason





for issuing, was:

“

as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said

(tax)

rebellion

”

(Paragraph 4

),





by attempting to incite slave insurrections (that never occurred), as Britain did in 1776.



The

Emancipation Proclamation

was an executive order only, issued half-way through the War, never voted

on by Congress, and

exempted a million slaves under Lincoln’s control from being freed,

including

General U.S. Grant’s four slaves

.





Mrs. U.S. Grant

wrote in,

The Personal Memoirs of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant:

“We rented our pretty little home

(in St. Louis)

and

hired out our four servants

to persons whom we knew





and who promised to be kind to them.

Eliza, Dan, Julia and John belonged to me

.

When I visited the





General during the War, I nearly always had Julia with me as nurse

.”

(Pages 82-83)





The Northern-controlled Congress

refused

to pass an Amendment abolishing slavery

until January 31, 1865,





three months before Appomattox.

The

only

Amendment passed by the U.S. Congress and before the States for

ratification the entire war was their

Corwin

Amendment, which guaranteed permanent slavery in the U.S.





Only 5 of the 13 Confederate States mentioned slavery issues in their

Secession Ordinances

, i.e.,

the return of

fugitive slaves, slavery in the U.S. Territories and Federal abolition

.



By leaving the voluntary Union, these States

abandoned all claims

regarding the return of fugitive slaves and

slavery in the U.S. Territories.



The issue of Federal abolition was

entirely eliminated as a cause of war

by Lincoln’s declaration in his





First Inaugural Address

:



“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.”

(Paragraph 4);



and

by the U.S. Congress passing the Corwin Amendment,

which guaranteed permanent slavery in the U.S.





The

only issue of contention

remaining was the average 40% Federal sales tax on Southerners, which required





a compulsory Union to collect

.

The South was totally right! Lincoln was totally wrong!

