Lincoln - Why was saving the Union Important

Our articles of confederation ought to be revised and measures immediately taken to invigorate the Continental Union. Depend upon it: there lies the danger for America. This last stroke is wanting, and unless the states be strongly bound to each other, we have to fear from British and, indeed, from European politics. Marquis de Lafayette
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https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/marquis-de-lafayette-quotes

church militant - The Catholic Confederacy
https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/the-catholic-confederacy

http://civilwar.gratzpa.org/2013/02/pope-pius-ix-the-vatican-lincoln-and-the-civil-war/

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fifty_Years_in_the_Church_of_Rome/xKoUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=riots

Awsome Article using many quotes from old books
http://truthontheweb.org/abe.htm

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcdUAUe72lI