The Revolutions of ‘48 begin: On the island of Sicily, subjects begin their revolt against the authoritarian rule of Ferdinand II.
[added 9/13/2026]
Whig (nationalist) Representative, Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, speaking on the Mexican-American War defends the Right of Secession:
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable—a most sacred right—a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing government may choose to exercise it. Any portion of such people, that can, may revolutionize, and make their own, of so much of the territory as they inhabit …. It is a quality of revolutions not to go by old lines, or old laws; but to break up both, and make new ones. [emphasis in the original]
NOTE: It is most unfortunate that Lincoln did not remember this wisdom when he became president.
[added 1/29/2022] Thanks to Bill Holmes for this entry.
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Authority:
Article I, Section 6 [Clause 1]
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References:
Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda and an Unnecessary War, (Roseville, California: Prima Publishing, 2002), 85.
James R. Kennedy and Walter D. Kennedy, The South Was Right, (Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 1998), 313-14.
Carl Sandburg, Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years, three volumes, (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954; New York: Dell, 1959), 1:166-67.
Steven Yates, “When is Political Divorce Justified?,” Secession, State and Liberty, David Gordon, ed., (New Brunswick, New Jersey and London: Transaction, 1998), 58.
Mr. Lincoln’s War: An Irrepressible Conflict? – Chronicles
chroniclesmagazine.org/news/mr-lincolns-war-an-irrepressible-conflict-2/
Revolutions of 1848
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848
Sicilian revolution of 1848 – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_revolution_of_1848
Document #38 Abraham Lincoln on the Mexican-American War (1846-48) | Modern Latin America
library.brown.edu/create/modernlatinamerica/chapters/chapter-14-the-united-states-and-latin-america/primary-documents-w-accompanying-discussion-questions/abraham-lincoln-on-the-mexican-american-war-1846-48/
Abraham Lincoln’s feet of clay, “The Great Emancipator” was a racist tyrant.doc
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