The Real Lincoln
July 11, 2005
Link: Mises Economics Blog: Largest Mass Execution in American History.
Three hundred and three Indians were sentenced to death, and Minnesota political authorities wanted to execute every one of them, something that Lincoln feared might incite one or more of the European pwoers to offer assistance to the Confederacy, as they were hinting they would do. So his administration pared the list of condemned men down to thirty-nine, with the promise to Minnesota's politicians that in due course the Federal army would remove every last Indian from Minnesota. This was the bargain: Lincoln would look bad if he allowed the execution of three hundred Indians, so he would execute only thirty-nine of them. But in return he would promise to have the Federal army murder or chase out of the state all the other Indians, in addition to sending the Minnesota treasures $2 million.
It is a fact that our leaders are made up of myths! Beyond their great legacies lies some horrible crimes that we choose to ignore because it doesn't fit the great leader story! If this is case in a free society, I shudder to think how much horrible "leaders" like Mao, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mugabe, KIM Jong Il and others!
Comments