Very nice piece, Steve
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Can you cite one contemporary document in which anyone ever says that? Was there ever a single heated discussion which talked about 'States' Rights'? Members of states did accuse other members of trying to use congress to deny their rights, but the discussion was always over the proliferation of new 'free' states and the dearth of new 'slave' states.
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I laughed when I read that. My response was : "Of course I can", but actually, I
can't. That's troubling, because I've been arguing this position for years on the basis of evidence I'm completely sure I found but now cannot find.
I'll have to go dust off some of the books I have in storage and see if I can't find the references again, but I'm worried now because I can't find the info on teh interwebs, and one would assume it would be readily available. Well, there are a lot of supporting sources on the web but none that are any good.
In my own defense, and in a desperate attempt to salvage my dignity, I must point out that I said:
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I defend the South because I believe in stronger states' rights, just as the rebel soldiery did. This nation was founded upon ideals of freedom and inalienable human rights, but just as the Confederate states (obviously) didn't abide by this ideal, neither did the Northern States, and their actions prove it.
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and consistently upheld the position that the actions of neither side were as clear-cut as they might seem.
In the meantime, I retract any implications I made as to the innocence of the South in seceeding because of slavery, and I apologize for any misinformation I communicated, should it prove to indeed be false.