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re: Do you think the Civil War was started over slavery?
Posted on 2/12/15 at 9:05 pm to Stonehog
Posted on 2/12/15 at 9:05 pm to Stonehog
It's funny to me that those people that claim the war was fought over states' rights cannot name a single state right other than slavery that was lost after the war was over.
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Posted on 2/13/15 at 7:03 am to PrivatePublic
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It's funny to me that those people that claim the war was fought over states' rights cannot name a single state right other than slavery that was lost after the war was over.
The rights of states' to regulate their own international trade would be the biggest thing. There is a reason Fort Sumter (which was being used by the US government for tariff collection) was attacked.
The United States were initially setup as just that - a collection of sovereign states that agreed to join together for their mutual benefit. Post-Civil War, that view changed. States are now subdivisions of an absolute federal government.
In stating that, I am in no way denying the impact of slavery on the civil war. I'm also not defending the Confederacy - it was a racist, tyrannical government. But I would argue that there was much more at stake than the issue of slavery.
This post was edited on 2/13/15 at 7:05 am
Posted on 2/13/15 at 7:33 am to PrivatePublic
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It's funny to me that those people that claim the war was fought over states' rights cannot name a single state right other than slavery that was lost after the war was over.
It's funny to me that people like you would post something like that.
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Good gosh man ... we were a conquered country! We lost all of our rights! Reconstruction is why there is so much bitterness lingering still today.
Southern states did not have all of our states' rights restored until WW I ... and even them only out of necessity for another war.
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