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To: central_va

No. Civil war was not about states’ rights. It was about the Federal power to control territories, like the North West Territory which banned slavery. Republicans wanted to ban slavery from the territories. Democrats wanted to extend slavery to the territories, and intended (and attempted) to invade territories as necessary to get slavery in the territories.


62 posted on 10/28/2012 5:44:41 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: donmeaker

Get the hell away form me you lunatic.


63 posted on 10/28/2012 5:51:37 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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