Letter: Get back to two-party rule

In 1860, the people spoke and a great Republican president was elected.

In his effort to allow all of his fellow citizens equal justice and liberty under the Constitution, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

Because of the long-standing philosophical, social and economic divide over slavery, the slave states left the Union and formed the Confederacy.

As the bloody battle between brothers and sisters ended, President Lincoln’s love of unification and country inspired him not to punish the brothers and sisters in the South, but instead to unify the country through charity and benevolence.

Today, 160 years later, the people have again spoken — tired of four years of discord and wrangling, they have elected a great new executive team.

President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris have taken a page from President Lincoln’s book of self-governing by promising to help bring Democratic and Republican dissidents back into the fold so they can represent all the people. Bring Democrats back to the party of Franklin Roosevelt, and Republicans back to the party of Lincoln.

The two strong party system (with some exceptions) has served America well since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

If our strong two-party system fails (we are close), we will be ruled by authoritarian despots.

God Bless America!