ok...so I'll say one more thing...
When are ya'll gonna understand that the war between the states was about STATES RIGHTS, the problems that led to this war were caused by instrusive government. The south wanted to to break away and form their own nation to get away from having the "governement too much in their lives"
Lincoln himself said in a letter to NY Daily Tribune editor "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and it is not either to save or destroy slavery"
In 1832, when South Carolina called a convention to nullify the tariff acts of 1828 and 1832, commonly called the"Tariffs of Abominations" a compromise lowering the tariff was reached, averting secession and possibly war. The North favored protective tariffs for their manufacturing industry. The South, which exported agricultural products to and imported manufactured goods from Europe, favored free trade and was hurt by the tariffs. Plus, a northern-dominated Congress enacted laws similar to Britain's Navigation Acts to protect northern shipping interests.
After Lincoln's election, Congress passed the highly protectionist Morrill tariffs. That's when the South seceded, setting up a new government. The constitution they adopted was nearly identical to the US. Constitution except that it outlawed protectionist tariffs, business handouts and mandated a two-thirds majority vote for all spending measures.
And if you read your history the north was no better with their child labor for factories and such than the south was with slaves. In some cases it was MUCH worse.
Im not at all defending slavery, the best thing to come out of that war was the abolishment of that cruelty....but read your history people, some of you keep telling us to get over it, when you dont really understand why the war was even started to begin with.
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