The President would have been run out of office in disgrace as a failure and maybe even impeached.

 The War would have been declared over, the troops brought home and we would have gone our own way and let those with whom we were fighting go their way.

 A Civil War would have been avoided.

 Oh I am sorry.  Did you think I was writing about the War in Iraq?

No I am writing about the American Civil War.

Lincoln would have been impeached the disasterous War, which resulted in more American Deaths than any othe conflict would have been drawn to a quick close.

There would have been 

NO    Emancipation Proclamation,

NO    Gettysburg Address .

The United States of America would have gone it's way the Confederate States of America, their way and Slavery would have continued to exist

 If The Democratic Party Had It's Way in 1861

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe—the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.	2
We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage—and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.	3
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.	4
This much we pledge—and more.

Some people seem to have forgotten or discarded these values. If it were left to them, the Torch of Liberty, would be allowed to fall to the ground flicker and go out.

In the Immortal Words of Patrick Henry

What is it the gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God

and in the blunter words of Samuel Adams

If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.

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