Was Abraham Lincoln America's 1st dictator?

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Dictator Lincoln invaded the South without the consent of Congress, as called for in the Constitution; declared martial law; blockaded Southern ports without a declaration of war, as required by the Constitution; illegally suspended the writ of habeas corpus; imprisoned without trial thousands of Northern anti-war protesters, including hundreds of newspaper editors and owners; censored all newspaper and telegraph communication; nationalized the railroads; created three new states without the consent of the citizens of those states in order to artificially inflate the Republican Party's electoral vote; ordered Federal troops to interfere with Northern elections to assure Republican Party victories; deported Ohio Congressman Clement L. Vallandigham for opposing his domestic policies (especially protectionist tariffs and income taxation) on the floor of the House of Representatives; confiscated private property, including firearms, in violation of the Second Amendment; and effectively gutted the Tenth and Ninth Amendments as well.
 
Abraham Lincoln was a dictator?

Does the Easter bunny work for playboy?
 
1. The CSA was a belligerent. It hadn't been given diplomatic powers by any nation, so it itself was not a sovereign nation.

2. It attacked the U.S..

3. Everything you mention has been done by presidents before and after Lincoln, some in times of peace.

4. You're an idiot.
 
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