What the hell are you talking about?
by sprack (2023-12-29 13:27:01)
Edited on 2023-12-29 13:37:44

In reply to: I think it is fair to say the south were belligerents and  posted by airborneirish


In that last part? I agree with just about everything you wrote, and then you take a shot at me and completely misrepresent what I think?

I am fully aware that Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware and Missouri were slave states that didn’t secede. I am also fully aware that Lincoln’s number one goal was preservation of the Union by any means.

It doesn’t mean that slavery wasn’t at the root of secession, which is what we’re talking about here. To argue otherwise is preposterous. Read the damn Cornerstone Speech. It’s also written in the secession documents of multiple states.

Also, the “House Divided” speech indicated he wasn’t for a half-slave, half-free Union long term, and the Southern leaders knew it - because of the man’s own words and the platform of the Republican Party.




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