[Sirius Lee]

I'm sure he's a good man, but where do we find such fools as these?

Exactly. Shut up and get elected. Even if he was 100% correct ( and he isn't) Just shut up. Don't give the leftard media a hammer.

[DiogenesLamp]

He is correct. If it were about slavery, the north would have removed the beam from their own eye before worrying about the splinter in their brother's eye.

The Civil War was about European trade, and the loss of 200 million dollars per year to Lincoln's New York wealthy backers.

If the South was allowed to remain independent, that 200 million in trade with Europe would have left New York and the taxes on it would have left Washington DC.

The War was about money, and nothing else.