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Originally Posted by Armistead
Succession was a preventive measure, states tired of the industrial protectionism policies the North was pushing on the South for their own benefit.
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Okay, so it was a 'preventative measure'. Now we can finally put to rest the myth of the freedom-loving secessionist. I'm glad that you have come to your senses.
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As I said,if the South didn't leave, accepted the coming tariffs, the North would've gladly supported MORE slavery in order to fill their banks and support their industry.
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Citation needed.
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The problem today is we try to make this a moral and social issue, it wasn't, it was about power,, politics and wealth.
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Cornerstone speech.
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Why do you think it was so easy for the North to enslave the indians after they freed the slaves?
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They murdered them wholesale. That isn't slavery, it is genocide. And the south was involved in that too. It was a horrible, horrible thing. I think that this illustrates the difference between you and I. For me, the past is objective; for you it is subjective. I have no interest in whitewashing it.