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Why a Civil War soldier will get the Medal of Honor — 151 years after his death
The Washington Post ^
| November 5
| Dan Lamothe
Posted on 11/06/2014 11:30:29 AM PST by Fenhalls555
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To: Repeal The 17th; rockrr
The Civil War was about several States trying to tell the central federal government to back off.
To claim that war was about slavery is like claiming the Revolutionary War was about tea.
Why those states, rather than some others?
Why at that time, rather than some other time?
The rebels were trying to do more than just tell the federal government to back off. Their leaders wanted to head up a whole 'nother country.
But why them? Why just exactly then? And in general: why? What was behind it all? Why were some states so opposed to federal policy just at that moment?
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posted on
11/09/2014 1:16:44 PM PST
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x
To: x
...when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government...
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11/09/2014 1:24:20 PM PST
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Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: Repeal The 17th
No, the Civil War was about slavery. Period.
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11/09/2014 2:08:48 PM PST
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jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
To: Publius
I can’t believe that I missed this! That was a great read. Kudos ;’)
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11/09/2014 2:17:10 PM PST
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rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
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