GDG- Is we is or is we ain't a Union?

[ATMackeyJr at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/22/2012 1:33:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
CWMHTours at aol.com writes:

I have  read in several places that the Gettysburg Address was  
instrumental  
in the nation thinking of the Union as one United country instead  of  a 
loose collection of states.
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If we ignore all the history from 1789 to 1863, including all the  free 
states sending soldiers to maintain the Union of one united country instead  of 
a loose collection of states, then perhaps.  But even then, probably  not.
 
Best Regards,
Al Mackey