Comments on: Lincoln, the Constitution and Catholics http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/02/09/lincoln-the-constitution-and-catholics/ Politics and Culture from a Catholic perspective. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:29:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jefferson Davis and Pio Nono « The American Catholic http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/02/09/lincoln-the-constitution-and-catholics/#comment-1176 Jefferson Davis and Pio Nono « The American Catholic Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:45:46 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=4530#comment-1176 [...] the aptly named anti-Catholic movement the Know-Nothings arose in the 1840s and 1850s, Jefferson fought against it, as did his great future adversary [...] [...] the aptly named anti-Catholic movement the Know-Nothings arose in the 1840s and 1850s, Jefferson fought against it, as did his great future adversary [...]

]]> By: Pio Nono, the Washington Monument and the Purloined Block of Marble « Almost Chosen People http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/02/09/lincoln-the-constitution-and-catholics/#comment-1175 Pio Nono, the Washington Monument and the Purloined Block of Marble « Almost Chosen People Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:34:38 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=4530#comment-1175 [...] to political power throughout the nation.  Many non-Catholic politicians, including Abraham Lincoln,  Andrew Johnson and Jefferson Davis, fought valiantly against this attempt to incite hatred [...] [...] to political power throughout the nation.  Many non-Catholic politicians, including Abraham Lincoln,  Andrew Johnson and Jefferson Davis, fought valiantly against this attempt to incite hatred [...]

]]> By: Millard Who? « Almost Chosen People http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/02/09/lincoln-the-constitution-and-catholics/#comment-1174 Millard Who? « Almost Chosen People Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:15:13 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=4530#comment-1174 [...] outlet in the aptly named Know-Nothing Party which was anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic.  Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and Jefferson F. Davis were just a few of the Protestant politicians who denounced [...] [...] outlet in the aptly named Know-Nothing Party which was anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic.  Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and Jefferson F. Davis were just a few of the Protestant politicians who denounced [...]

]]> By: Millard Who? « The American Catholic http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/02/09/lincoln-the-constitution-and-catholics/#comment-1173 Millard Who? « The American Catholic Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:14:36 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=4530#comment-1173 [...] outlet in the aptly named Know-Nothing Party which was anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic.  Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and Jefferson F. Davis were just a few of the Protestant politicians who denounced [...] [...] outlet in the aptly named Know-Nothing Party which was anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic.  Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and Jefferson F. Davis were just a few of the Protestant politicians who denounced [...]

]]> By: Pio Nono, the Washington Monument and the Purloined Block of Marble « The American Catholic http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/02/09/lincoln-the-constitution-and-catholics/#comment-1172 Pio Nono, the Washington Monument and the Purloined Block of Marble « The American Catholic Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:37:33 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=4530#comment-1172 [...] to political power throughout the nation.  Many non-Catholic politicians, including Abraham Lincoln,  Andrew Johnson and Jefferson Davis, fought valiantly against this attempt to incite hatred [...] [...] to political power throughout the nation.  Many non-Catholic politicians, including Abraham Lincoln,  Andrew Johnson and Jefferson Davis, fought valiantly against this attempt to incite hatred [...]

]]> By: Elaine http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/02/09/lincoln-the-constitution-and-catholics/#comment-1171 Elaine Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:58:23 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=4530#comment-1171 Um, I dunno that Lincoln embraced "total war" in the sense you describe. If you read Slate magazine's recent article on Lincoln and the "laws" of war, you find that he more or less set the standards that we follow to this day for what is considered legitimate warfare and what isn't. It's true he took fighting beyond the strict limits of 18th-century warfare, where elaborately uniformed soldiers marched in straight lines to shoot at one another. However, he did also set limits that kept Sherman's march to the sea and other offensives from degenerating into the kind of take-no-prisoners, rape-and-pillage campaigns that, for example, the Soviets and Japanese practiced during World War II. Um, I dunno that Lincoln embraced “total war” in the sense you describe. If you read Slate magazine’s recent article on Lincoln and the “laws” of war, you find that he more or less set the standards that we follow to this day for what is considered legitimate warfare and what isn’t.

It’s true he took fighting beyond the strict limits of 18th-century warfare, where elaborately uniformed soldiers marched in straight lines to shoot at one another. However, he did also set limits that kept Sherman’s march to the sea and other offensives from degenerating into the kind of take-no-prisoners, rape-and-pillage campaigns that, for example, the Soviets and Japanese practiced during World War II.

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