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Armistead · 01-08-13, 03:41 PM

People forget how the war started. The govt got taxes by imports.The south paid about 90% of the nations total tariffs in 1860. The new Republican party wanted a strong national government over state rights, because it promoted northern industrialization. The Republican party simply wanted to overtax the south for their own benefit, as if the south didn't already contribute almost all the taxes. This was Lincoln's platform and it led to much conflict. It wasn't about slavery, it was about taking all the money out of the south for their own greed. With most new states being free, it assured the continual rape of the south paying all the taxes for northern capitalist. so the south seceded

01-08-13, 03:41 PM	#6
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	People forget how the war started. The govt got taxes by imports.The south paid about 90% of the nations total tariffs in 1860. The new Republican party wanted a strong national government over state rights, because it promoted northern industrialization. The Republican party simply wanted to overtax the south for their own benefit, as if the south didn't already contribute almost all the taxes. This was Lincoln's platform and it led to much conflict. It wasn't about slavery, it was about taking all the money out of the south for their own greed. With most new states being free, it assured the continual rape of the south paying all the taxes for northern capitalist. so the south seceded __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.