During the American civil war, the Manchester Guardian—the great newspaper of English classical liberalism—sounded like Tom DiLorenzo on the subject of Lincoln. Martin Kettle is slightly alarmed to discover this, but reports the fascinating facts in honest fashion. Writes Mr. Kettle: The issue that caused the problem for the Guardian was not slavery. The Guardian had always hated slavery. But it doubted the Union hated slavery to the same degree. It argued that the Union had always tacitly condoned slavery by shielding the southern slave states from the condemnation they deserved. It was critical of Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation for stopping … Continue reading Calling the SPLC