1860/11/01

       The Albany (New York) Atlas and Argus editorializes on the Right of Secession: “We sympathize with and justify the South because their rights have been invaded to the extreme.  If they wish to secede, we wish them Godspeed.”

       [restored 10/3/2026]

Subsequent Events:

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References:

Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda and an Unnecessary War, (Roseville, California: Prima Publishing, 2002), 107.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$40,439,546,016,039

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