What 'Lincoln' misses and another Civil War film gets right

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Originally Posted by Armistead

Secession was about lack of representation and taxation, with the south paying the majority of taxes. Lincoln could've resolved this, but was a pansey of the northern capitalist who didn't want to pay taxes. Lincoln could've perserved the union and ended slavery in a fair way like most nations of the world did without almost destroying our nation. Lincoln is a hero because it worked out in the end, but it could've went the other way and almost did. There were several meetings to resolve these fiscal conflicts, but Lincoln wouldn't budge. The north overall didn't want slavery to end, it supplied the tariffs to the government, the north simply wanted to control the souths wealth for their benefit through control of congress.

Are you suggesting the Civil war was fought and 1,000,000+ persons died over Tariffs?

Congress had passed a low Tariff law in 1857 which especialy favored the South. Republicans may have run on a high tariff platform in 1860, but that was politics as usual. The law could not be passed as long as Southern Senators were there to block it. The Morrill Tariff of 1861 could not have been passed if the Confederate states had not withdrawn from the Union.