IO, since you are from the Great State of Illinois I am quite sure you are a believer in the Lincoln of Mythology. Do a little research on how "charitable" Abe was to the women and children of the South, how he believed the Black man was inferior to the White, how he trampled on the Freedom of the Press, jailed journalists, rewarded war criminals with promotions, destroyed the original Constitution, and propelled the South from wealth to crushing poverty in order to exploit its resources to the benefit of Northern industry. He is despised by a large segment of the Southern population to this day.