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Dear Mr. Ghost President Filmore,
With full hindsight, do you regret not supporting President Lincoln during the Civil War era? Likewise do you think it was a mistake to back Pres. Johnson during the Reconstruction?
And one more question,
What do you have to say about the United States of America having a black president?
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When you fell for Abigail Powers, was it more of a "hot for teacher" attraction? Or are you just partial to redheads?
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May 17, 2009 06:18 PM
Often lampooned, Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the US. What question would you ask the man who help to postpone the Civil War?
His wikipedia page is here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore
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| May 17, 2009 09:32 PM |
With full hindsight, do you regret not supporting President Lincoln during the Civil War era? Likewise do you think it was a mistake to back Pres. Johnson during the Reconstruction?
And one more question,
What do you have to say about the United States of America having a black president?
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• Good question. I have a feeling that Millard Fillmore was a generation removed. A man that would have felt more comfortable with Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, even when he opposed their policies.
In a way, I think that he might have been jealous of Lincoln for his youth, just as some politicians are jealous of President Obama.
In a way, I think that he might have been jealous of Lincoln for his youth, just as some politicians are jealous of President Obama.
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May 18, 2009 03:29 AM
True, but a war in 1850 might very well have ended in a southern victory. This would have extended slavery to the west and northwest.
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May 18, 2009 02:57 PM
You could be right, but then again a war in 1861 could easily have ended badly too. Of course by that time, the tension had grown so badly on its own, and the rebels had more time to recruit and arm themselves. Perhaps....just perhaps...if Filmore had the guts to nip it in the bud, then the inevitable Civil War wouldn't have been so costly.
And remember, for someone who said he opposed slavery, he stood firmly against Lincoln through the Civil War, hedging his bets with the South.
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And remember, for someone who said he opposed slavery, he stood firmly against Lincoln through the Civil War, hedging his bets with the South.
May 18, 2009 08:37 PM
(welcome darkness falls!)
I think Fillmore would have called it "the war of Northern aggression, rather than civil war. (snicker)
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I think Fillmore would have called it "the war of Northern aggression, rather than civil war. (snicker)
May 18, 2009 09:44 PM
Although he opposed Lincoln,
"Although Fillmore, in retirement, continued to feel that conciliation with the South was necessary and considered that the Republican Party was at least partly responsible for the subsequent disunion, he was an outspoken critic of secession and was also critical of President Buchanan for not immediately taking military action when South Carolina seceded."
So it's hard to visualizing him seeing the Civil War as a war of "Northern Aggression."
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"Although Fillmore, in retirement, continued to feel that conciliation with the South was necessary and considered that the Republican Party was at least partly responsible for the subsequent disunion, he was an outspoken critic of secession and was also critical of President Buchanan for not immediately taking military action when South Carolina seceded."
So it's hard to visualizing him seeing the Civil War as a war of "Northern Aggression."
May 18, 2009 08:41 PM
Dear Mr. President, When you fell for Abigail Powers, was it more of a "hot for teacher" attraction? Or are you just partial to redheads?
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