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Quote by: Sonart .It was completely about slavery, zynner. |
It was started over economic issues (taxation), not slavery. The CSA even outlawed the importation of slaves. By 1860, slavery was being eliminated all over the world. Within that context, it doesn't even make sense to think the war was "about slavery."
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The Constitution made no provision for secession and it was an illegal rebellion, whether initially armed or not.
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The Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Paris (1783), Articles of Confederation and US Constitution all recognized the states as sovereign entities. The 10th Amendment clarifies that any power not delegated to the feds are reserved to the states and people.
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If parts of the federation... along with the concept of government for the people and by the people.
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Lincoln had no authority to decide the issue, so his speech is irrelevant.
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Well he personally freed at least SOME slaves,
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Not one.
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If you say so. And ratified by 3/4s of the several states.
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States were deprived of sufferage in the Senate and southern state legislatures were forced at gunpoint to vote for the 14th amendment. Therefore, the 14th was not passed in accordance with the Constitution.
~ zynner