All these cries of having "abolished slavery," of having "saved the country," of having "preserved the union," of establishing a "government of consent," and of "maintaining the national honor" are all gross, shameless, transparent cheats so transparent that they ought to deceive no one. -- Massachusetts abolitionist Lysander Spooner, 1870
At 07:49 PM 3/3/2011, you wrote:
how did u come up with that quote. wasn't he a russian, what does he--
know about our civil war? Abraham freed the slaves, everybody knows
that and it happened through the civil war. the north already had
sovereignty but they didn't allow the south to have theirs.
On Feb 26, 7:05 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote:
> The civil war wouldn't have had to befought if nobody bought slave made cotton.
> ---The war between the North and the South is a tariff war. The war is, further, not for any principle, does not touch the question of slavery, and in fact turns on the Northern lust for sovereignty. -- Karl Marx, 1861
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