Re: 林肯並非因為拚經濟而得以流芳萬世
林肯之為總統的歷史地位和歷史評價,
重點確實是MRZ君提到的那幾項,而台灣有不少人會只著重於解放黑奴的那一項。
那麼美國人的看法呢?
“In this temple,
as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union,
the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever.”
Beneath these words, the 16th President of the United States—
the Great Emancipator and preserver of the nation during the Civil War—
sits immortalized in marble. As an enduring symbol of Freedom,
the Lincoln Memorial attracts anyone who seeks inspiration and hope.
黃字當然不是我說的,是林肯廟的牆上所刻的東西:
http://www.nps.gov/linc/
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/avenbet/article?mid=1322
所以,照當年蓋林肯廟的人對林肯的評價,
林肯之所以值得蓋廟,是因為他"拯救了聯邦",
不折不扣的反獨促統的統派人士哦!
當然,林肯廟的官方介紹網頁也提到他確實是個偉大的解放者。
不過廢奴和促統之間當然是隨情況而會有先後主從的,
有些背後的玄機不能隨便忽略掉:
http://tinyurl.com/yrc49w
最明確的証據,莫如他1862年8月22日給《紐約論壇報》
主編格利里(Horace Greeley )的親筆信所述:
“我的最高目的在保存聯邦,既不是保存奴隸制,也不是廢除
奴隸制。如果不放奴隸就能保存聯邦 ,我就一個不放﹔如果解放全
部奴隸就能保存聯邦,我就全部解放﹔如果解放部分奴隸、不解放其
他奴隸就能保存聯邦,我也照辦。”
原文大致長這個樣子:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAgreeley.htm
Lincoln famously replied on 22nd August,
"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union,
and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it;
and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it."
當然這邊也有些短文是肯定林肯確有解放黑奴的誠意:
http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/31969.html
所以,林肯名留青史是因為他對人權的貢獻?
Well,講這話不是不可以,但麻煩還是參考參考林肯廟裡,
美國人對他一生功業的總評價吧。
補個八卦:江湖盛傳,二次大戰時有些南方出身的美國兵,
拒絕擔任M-4 Sherman戰車的戰車兵──
當然Sherman在歐陸要對抗德國貓科兵團時不是很夠力,
但若干美國兵的理由是,"看了這輛車的名號就討厭"。
薛曼放火燒亞特蘭大同胞的財產,林肯不負責,難道是馬英九要負責嗎?
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但你們絕對不可能從我這兒聽到任何這種言論。
對我來說,阿道夫‧希特勒過去是,現在是,
未來也必然是德國歷史上所曾經出現過的,最偉大的人物。
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