Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States. What would you ask him?

Wow. I've been wanting to talk to this guy for a while. Like many others, I do not believe Lincoln was a great man, or a great president.

Lincoln was a deeply troubled man who made many misjudgements and was NOT the 'Great Emancipator" he is portrayed to be.. story is written by the victors, and in this case its greatly incorrect. First, Why did you support the War of Northern Aggression? The South clearly could have spun off and become its own nation without the North.It would have been better for the nation to split then to reunite then to fight a war as wounds have never healed in some areas of this nation, even today.

I agree with @gno about #3, why did you Support Sherman's March to the Sea? Even though Lee at could have easily stormed and torched Washington, but was held back and requested not to by Davis. Second, Did you like the play (Our American Cousin) Lincoln?

-sorry guys, I have ALWAYS wanted to ask that one... Third, what do you think of our current president, Barack Obama? Even though you stated in 1858: "I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races—that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.

€”Abraham Lincoln, Speech at Charleston, 111. , Sept.18, 1858." I have a few other questions, but will leave them for others more qualified.

Wow. I've been wanting to talk to this guy for a while. Like many others, I do not believe Lincoln was a great man, or a great president.

Lincoln was a deeply troubled man who made many misjudgements and was NOT the 'Great Emancipator" he is portrayed to be.. story is written by the victors, and in this case its greatly incorrect. First, Why did you support the War of Northern Aggression? The South clearly could have spun off and become its own nation without the North.It would have been better for the nation to split then to reunite then to fight a war as wounds have never healed in some areas of this nation, even today.

I agree with @gno about #3, why did you Support Sherman's March to the Sea? Even though Lee at could have easily stormed and torched Washington, but was held back and requested not to by Davis. Second, Did you like the play (Our American Cousin) Lincoln?

-sorry guys, I have ALWAYS wanted to ask that one... Third, what do you think of our current president, Barack Obama? Even though you stated in 1858: "I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races—that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.

€”Abraham Lincoln, Speech at Charleston, 111. , Sept.18, 1858." I have a few other questions, but will leave them for others more qualified..

Wow everyone knows so much about him. Well, I don't but I would love to know what he thinks about the world that we live in now. I'd like to know that from seeing what our world looks like, if he thinks what ever he himself thought he stood for and if he thinks that everything that he did to make a change whether we think it good or bad, was it worth it all.

Sure we can ask why he did the things that he did in the past but I don't think that would change anything because since then, so much has happened. So all we can do is ask for his opinion and how he would want to change things NOW and for what reasons.

Lincoln is a tough one - his life has been so thoroughly examined that it leaves few questions. We even knew how he felt about the possibility of assassination! And somehow all remaining questions seem simple and inadequate.

But here they are anyway: Dear Mr. Ghost President Lincoln, 1. ) Even though you lived under constant threat of assassination, and your wife had premonitions of it often, why did you so often walk around the White House without a guard? Why not protect yourself more?

Did you doubt or underestimate your own importance to the nation? 2. ) Do you still support your decision in 1864 to advise Grant to advance with his tactics, knowing that it would mean an extremely high casualty rate for Union troops?

Were there any alternatives you wished you had tried? 3. ) Do you regret authorizing and supporting "Sherman's March to the Sea"?

Was it worth the price our nation would pay (fiscally and otherwise) to rebuild the wake of destruction? 4. ) If you were in President Obama's shoes right now, what programs and policies would you enact to help our nation?5.) You often called on the divine in many of your speeches.

To what extent do you believe there should be a separation of church and state?

There are a number of scholars and history buffs, who do not believe Lincoln was the great man generally portrayed in most history books. In fact, they believe Lincoln was a proponent of "The American System", which at its core was a massive consolidation of power in the hands of a central government. These powers Lincoln sought were inimical to the Constitution of the founders.In other words, Lincoln was no hero for liberty, freedom, and the rule of law.

Along those lines, one specific question that is not dealt with in the pop culture coverage of LIncoln is: What were Lincoln's reasons for issuing a Presidential Warrant to Arrest Chief Justice Roger B. Taney? Related question: What was in the letter Lincoln sent to Justice Taney following his decision in the Merriman case.

The letter has never been found and Taney told others, "The government had considered the possibility of arresting him.

Id like to ask him how sure he felt that history would judge him fairly in the future or if this was even a consideration in his decision bring the country to Civil War. I see this similarity between Lincoln and Bush Jr., both presidents with public opinion divided, 50% for and 50% against, took us to war.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.