Lincoln was a dictator who overrode good portions of the constitution and justified it as being necessary to preserve the Union . The original colonies willingly entered into a Union , and thus should have been able to leave . But Lincoln silenced all of his political opposition , overrode state institutions , jailed people for years at a time without having any charges formally filed against them , among other things . It makes me sad when people say that Lincoln is their favorite President , since a lot of the activities he undertook were very unAmerican , and recognized as such even in his time <| sep |> Thanks , ordered 12 . Thank god for privacy . com and VPNs <| sep |> What did instructions say ? <| sep |> Wait till feminists argue that the man was at fault for pushing her over the edge .