Was Abraham Lincoln Cruel Or Unjustified?

On behalf of the United States, I would like to acknowledge and pursue a reoccurring problem that the United States has faced, the misconduct of Abraham Lincoln. I seek the necessary justice to be brought to our current president, Mr. Lincoln. Not only has Mr. Lincoln stepped outside his respective presidential power, but he has acted unconstitutionally, and thus he deserves to pay for his actions. Throughout this American Civil War, Lincoln has executed many improper, unjustified, and unconstitutional deeds, and on those grounds, he deserves to face the proper consequences, just as anyone else who did what Lincoln did would face.
Lincoln deserving the proper consequences encompasses him being thrown out of office, as for one, he is breaking the system of checks and balances. In addition, he is denying amendment rights to citizens, as he suspended the habeas corpus (History of the Federal Judiciary). In doing so, many unfair cases have taken place where someone who needed the habeas corpus was unrightfully deprived of this entitlement. An instance of this is the Ex parte Merryman case, which occurred on May 25th, 1861. In this …show more content…
However, this also breaks the system of checks and balances, as it was Congress’ job to do so. Lincoln, being the President of the Union, made the decision for what he saw to be the best for the Union. However, his decision for raising an army maybe bias, and thus that is why in the system of checks and balances, Congress is responsible for raising an army, since they are more than one person, no one person can greatly influence the decision made. Moreover, Lincoln could have taken this idea of raising an army up with Congress, and Congress could have made a legal decision, as to Lincoln, who acted unconstitutionally to have his way. Therefore, Lincoln’s argument of it was necessary to raise an army carries no weight against the legality of the