Compare the words of Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence: “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” To this, from one Austin Bramwell in the Takimag blog: “Nothing short of a new national mythology could have justified the Civil War’s carnage. Lincoln preserved legitimate government in North America . . . . For this reason conservatives . . . might revere Lincoln.” So despite the Lincoln Cult’s worshipping of the Declaration (well, actually, only the “all men are created equal” part), we are informed that governments don’t derive their just powers from … Continue reading The Latest Nonsense from the Lincoln Cult