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Originally posted by FissionSurplus
The Civil War was all about the destruction of state's rights, and not really about slavery. The north had plenty of slaves, too. Even Lincoln didn't consider the slaves to be equal to the white man.
Originally posted by getreadyalready
The North was already taxing the hell out of the Southern exports, and then taking that money and reinvesting it in Northern Industries, and then all of a sudden they wanted to also destroy the laborforce that was supporting those industries, and it was just the final straw in a complicated situation.
not quite. one side made money off the workers and the other side made money off of their workers ... that's about the only difference.
One side made money off work, the other side made money off slavery. Why is it that no Southern state asked to give up slavery in return for trade concessions?
Originally posted by Honor93
reply to post by Southern Guardian
the "fugitive slave act" still applies today.
try crossing state lines when you're a fugitive.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 mandated that states to which escaped slaves fled were obligated to return them to their masters upon their discovery and subjected persons who helped runaway slaves to criminal sanctions. The first Fugitive Slave Act was enacted by Congress in 1793 but as the northern states abolished Slavery, the act was rarely enforced. The southern states bitterly resented the northern attitude toward slavery,
Originally posted by Southern Guardian
reply to post by xstealth
Sounds more like Patrick is whining about the fact the south lost the war. Life isn't fair, history isn't fair. How many of these same confederate generals, leaders, cared about Mexico once she last her fight against the American invasion? None of them did, because the South, especially Texas, benefitted significant from the spoils of Northern Mexico in the war. War isn't fair, and when those southern generals and political leaders found themselves on the recieving end of the stick in the civil war, a decade or so after the Mexican war, they learned that from first hand experience.
Originally posted by xstealth
The war wasn't over when he said this
Originally posted by Honor93
don't make such silly assumptions when you clearly cannot see how it applies today.
States Rights are NEVER a meme.