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Agreed, this article does much to refute the revisionist apologists of the CSA.
The MOTIVE behind the war was the defence of Southern economics.
Its economic capital was mostly in the form of slaves. I've read estimates that 85% of the capitalization of the ENTIRE SOUTH was slaves. That means the the rest of the southern states, every house, all the land the livestock, the cash on hand, the factories amounted to 15% of the capital of those states.
Given that, one can truly understand why the Southerners were scared to death of emancipation that they KNEW was inevitably coming.
I think the South took its best shot because they understood that THEN was the time, IF EVER.
And they lost mostly because they couldn't finace their war once the North blockaded New Orleans.
Seriously, had the found financing in the European bonds market, they might have been able to keep enough troops in the field long enough that the people of the North would have lost heart and given them their freedom.
They fought a magnificent war against the North, but in the long run they just couldn't finance the war and eventually, as their economy collapsed, so too did their chance of becoming an independent nation.
States Rights were defined and built into the Constitution.
The southern states had every right to leave the Union and become independent.
Lincoln ignored the Constitution and fought an illegal was war against the south.
His actions have lead to the oppressive Federal government that we have today.
Test yer knowledge of the Civil War...
Civil War anniversary: 13 questions 150 years later
On April 12, 1861, long-simmering tensions between North and South ignited and began the four-year War Between the States. In a recent Pew Research Center survey, more than half of Americans said that the Civil War is still relevant to US politics. Test your knowledge of the Civil War by taking this short quiz.
1. Where did the Civil War begin?
States Rights were defined and built into the Constitution.
The southern states had every right to leave the Union and become independent.
Lincoln ignored the Constitution and fought an illegal was war against the south.
His actions have lead to the oppressive Federal government that we have today.
It required a 75 percent vote to create the Union and it is reasonable to assume that it requires a 75 percent vote to leave it. And as to LAW the Supreme Court ruled and it has not been overturned, changed or amended that CONGRESS must establish the rules under which a State may leave the Union.
The Civil war was not Unconstitutional nor illegal.
Test yer knowledge of the Civil War...
Civil War anniversary: 13 questions 150 years later
On April 12, 1861, long-simmering tensions between North and South ignited and began the four-year War Between the States. In a recent Pew Research Center survey, more than half of Americans said that the Civil War is still relevant to US politics. Test your knowledge of the Civil War by taking this short quiz.
1. Where did the Civil War begin?
You "assume" too much.It required a 75 percent vote to create the Union and it is reasonable to assume that it requires a 75 percent vote to leave it.
You "assume" too much.It required a 75 percent vote to create the Union and it is reasonable to assume that it requires a 75 percent vote to leave it.
The southern states were following the Constitution.
Lincoln and the Union trashed it.
What year was this Supreme Court law you keep referring to enacted?You "assume" too much.It required a 75 percent vote to create the Union and it is reasonable to assume that it requires a 75 percent vote to leave it.
The southern states were following the Constitution.
Lincoln and the Union trashed it.
History AND the Supreme Court disagree.
What year was this Supreme Court law you keep referring to enacted?You "assume" too much.
The southern states were following the Constitution.
Lincoln and the Union trashed it.
History AND the Supreme Court disagree.
What year was this Supreme Court law you keep referring to enacted?History AND the Supreme Court disagree.
1869. Texas vs the US as I recall.
You "assume" too much.It required a 75 percent vote to create the Union and it is reasonable to assume that it requires a 75 percent vote to leave it.
The southern states were following the Constitution.
Lincoln and the Union trashed it.
What year was this Supreme Court law you keep referring to enacted?
1869. Texas vs the US as I recall.
Kind of what I figured.
It was enacted "after" the so called Civil War took place.
Yup.1869. Texas vs the US as I recall.
Kind of what I figured.
It was enacted "after" the so called Civil War took place.
There was no Court case BEFORE the Civil War because the pussy ass South knew the result would be they could not leave.
And for Precedent we have the 1830's when South Carolina threatened to leave and President Jackson told them that would be met by force of Arms.