bripat9643
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IsWhy do you feel the need to edit what I posted? You can't bare for other forum members to see it because it's obviously right?"By authority" you mean ......How is it a "straw man" when you site William P. Chase as an authority ...?.....
Of course, this shit all comes from someone who doesn't understand why an appeal to authority is a fallacy when it comes to matters of absolute truth.
You have been trying to sell that pathetically transparent straw man for dozens of pages. It's not working, stupid.
A Supreme Court justice is an authority on constitutional law, stupid.
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court writing for the majority in a given case is an authority on that case, stupid.
You appear to be an authority on absolutely nothing.
Don't try to tell me what I mean, you dishonest douche bag. If you have a relevant question on the topic, ask it.
Thanks, that was pretty good. As pointed out above, however, while slavery was engine of Southern wealth production and led them to their erroneous attempt at secession, it was the sanctity of the Union that made war inevitable for those trying to break their commitment to their country.
Repeating a lie doesn't make it come true. The war was started by Lincoln, and you will never be able to prove otherwise. It was about tariffs, extortionate tariffs, and railroad welfare bills, as already been shown. Tariffs were in the news from nearly the first day SC seceded, and constantly reported on right up to Lincoln himself sniveling about 'the boys in Montgomery and their 10% tariff' while rejecting the last peace offer.
So why did the South lie about their reasons for seceding? Who were they trying to bullshit?
The Declaration of Causes of Seceding States
The Declaration of Causes made by Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas.www.battlefields.org
It doesn't matter what their reasons were. The bottom line is that Lincoln started the war when he invaded Virginia. Only his reasons are at issue here.