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@civilwarcow . The North was mad and blind; it would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came, and now it must go on till the last man of this generation falls in his tracks, and his children seize the musket and fight our battle, unless you acknowledge our right to self government. We ar...

@aspie101 that does seem to be his favorite term, yes.

@Airsoftattack123 Their headquarters is in and the state with the highest percentage of the population belonging to it is.....the great Southern state of....Indiana.

@Peristerygr What Lee was saying was that if you centralize all power, you end up with an empire that is oppressive at home and aggressive abroad. Central governments ALWAYS seek to usurp all power for themselves and trample on the rights of states (or nations). Look at Brussels today. The par...

@ruvvjub I looked up the 1860 census and came up with 5.67% Not only the majority but the VAST majority did not own slaves. The federal govt was more than happy to leave slavery in place forever (Corwin Amendment) but they wanted to impose very high tariffs (the Morrill Tariff) which would crip...

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