Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) Yayin da Amurkawa ke bikin cika shekaru 150 da mutuwar Ibrahim Lincoln a wannan makon, bari mu tuna cewa ba wai kawai ya kasance a cikin shekaru ba, amma kuma ya kasance, a wata hanya ta musamman, zuwa Illinois. Abubuwa biyu mafiya girma na Lincoln -- hadin kai da ba za a iya raba shi ba da kuma 'yanci da ba za a iya juyawa ba -- ya girma ne daga asalinsa na Midwestern. Ya san da farko cewa babu wata iyaka da za a iya karewa da za ta tsare ƙasar masara daga ƙasar auduga. Dukan yankin daga Appalachians zuwa Rocky Mountains ya gudana ta Kogin Mississippi, yana ba da damar manoma a cikin wannan kwari mai yawa don yin jigilar kayayyakinsu zuwa kasuwa ta hanyar New Orleans kuma daga can zuwa duniya. Don haka ba zai taba ba da damar ikon da zai iya zama mai ƙiyayya ya mallaki wannan ƙuƙwalwar ƙuƙwalwa ta musamman ba, ko kuma Dixie gaba ɗaya. Ya nace cewa ƙasar Amirka "ta dace sosai da zama gida ga iyali guda; amma ba ta dace da zama na mutane biyu ko fiye da haka ba" domin "babu wani layi, madaidaici ko mai lankwasa, da ya dace da iyakar ƙasa da za a raba ta". Lincoln ya kara da darasi na tarihin Midwestern tare da da'awar Midwestern game da tarihin tsarin mulki: "Union ya fi kowane jihohi; kuma a gaskiya, ya halicce su a matsayin jihohi". Lincoln bai bukaci yin wannan gardama ba don tabbatar da shari'arsa, kuma a wani wuri ya jaddada mahimmancin doka cewa rubutun Tsarin Mulki ya haramta haramtacciyar rabuwa. Kundin Tsarin Mulki koyaushe kuma a ko'ina shi ne babban dokar ƙasar - ba tare da la'akari da abin da kowace jiha ke faɗi ba. Amma ƙarin da'awar Lincoln cewa Union ta kirkiro jihohi, ba akasin haka ba, ya haifar da babbar rashin jituwa a wasu sassan ƙasar. Yawancin Virginians, ciki har da Confederate Janar Robert E. Lee, ya nace cewa ba shakka Virginia ya zo na farko! A lokacin barkewar juyin juya halin Amurka, Tsohon Dominion ya riga ya kasance karni da rabi. Al'ummomin Lees sun taimaka wajen mulkin Virginia tun kafin a haifi Amurka. Amma idan Lee ya kasance, da farko kuma koyaushe, ɗan Virginia ne, Lincoln Ba'amurke ne. Mahaifinsa daga...
Akhil Amar: Lincoln biyu mafi girma al'adunmu, rike jam'iyya tare da kawar da bautar, yana da Midwestern tushen. Lincoln ya ga gwamnatin tarayya a matsayin mafi girma kuma ya yi imanin cewa babu iyaka mai ma'ana don raba Amurka.