Hamish Macdonell - Salmond's defence of the Union

ALEX Salmond is currently in the United States pushing the case for Scottish independence.
In a speech on Monday he took the time to praise Abraham Lincoln.
This is what he said: "A man whose spirit and example will light America’s path for centuries to come. And a man whose name evokes, in the minds of your friends worldwide, the very highest image of America."
It did not take long, however, for Labour spin doctors to point out that Lincoln was, of course, the one man who did more to keep the Union in America together, even going to war and winning that war to prevent part of the country from separating and becoming independent.
This part of Lincoln's legacy was strangely absent from Mr Salmond's address.
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