My......Oh My! Where or where do you find these types of articles? Secession was in fact settled in 1865. The federal government, which has tanks, drones, all kinds of really effective weaponry, says that secession will not take place in the United States, Constitution be damned! Again, this was determined in April and May, 1865.
Secession in 1860/1861 had very little to do with, * "treasonous/unAmerican/craaaazy/slavers".* In fact, South Carolina put "nullification" of a Federal Congressional Act to the test in 1832, during a South Carolina State Convention; the State Legislature declared all protective tariffs, particularly those of 1828 and 1832, to be null and void within the state. Then Vice President John Calhoun resigned as the Vice President, and the South Carolina Legislature, who supported nullification sent him to the Senate to present its case. The “rebellion” was a war for Southern independence. The South had no design to “conquer” the North, let alone to abolish elections. If anything, it hoped that the 1864 election would replace Lincoln with a new president who would make peace. Like most war leaders, President Lincoln grossly distorted and exaggerated the motives of the South. He constantly insisted that the South wanted to “destroy” the Union, when it merely wanted to withdraw from it. He called honorable men like Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee “traitors,” though they never betrayed anyone in their lives. He accused the South of “aggression,” when it was the South that was being invaded, and truly destroyed, by the Union armies. Having assured the country that he had neither the power nor the inclination to disturb slavery, Lincoln made the destruction of slavery his lofty war aim in the middle of the war! The most glaring proof lies in the reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation, which was simply an ultimatum to the Confederacy. All states not in rebellion could keep their slaves, as could any state that ceased participation in the war within 100 days. Years ago, I found a list generated from some federal government entity, (Maybe the U.S. Census?) on the internet, that showed the actual slave holders in each state, and every state in the Union between 1861 and 1863 had slaves, to include all of the Northern States!! Consider this. The South is fighting a bloody and costly war to preserve slavery. Suddenly President Lincoln publicly announces that the South may keep their slaves if they just stop fighting. What would the rebels do? They would shoulder their rifles, march home, keep their slaves and declare victory. Historically, if it is as you believe, the Emancipation Proclamation would be considered a declaration of surrender by the Union. So why didn’t the southerners stop the war and keep their slaves? Only one possible answer……Slavery wasn’t the sole issue!!! In the decade preceding the Civil War, slaves were freed in unprecedented numbers. Scottish, Irish and German immigrants moving south, willing to work the plantations for pennies a week, rendered slaveholding impractical. By the time the North invaded, fewer than 25 percent of Southern farmers still owned slaves. I don’t know how your family came to the United States, but parts of my family, the patriarchal side, were indentured!!! My family for over 100 years, were sharecroppers. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
