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To: donjuan_demarco who wrote (119749)	12/27/2000 9:27:07 PM
From: SecularBull	Respond to of 769667

My original point is that it wasn't a sense of moral outrage that caused the North to get on the loud pedal about slavery. It was the economic and political issues that started the war. LoF

To: donjuan_demarco who wrote (119749)	12/28/2000 1:43:05 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I agree with you on this point. Just why couldn't the South secede? There's nothing in the Constitution that says statehood is forever. The ostensable (flimsy) reason was that South Carolina fired on federal property and the Confederacy intended to confiscate federal property within its borders. A property dispute in essence. I must say, your position on this surprises me.

To: donjuan_demarco who wrote (119749)	12/28/2000 5:33:30 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Dear Donjuan: I hate to be a damper on things but IN TRUTH slavery had NOTHING to do with the start of the War between the States. Truth is, north was into manufacturing while south was into agriculture. North was upset because south sold their cotton and tobacco to ENGLAND and bought ENGLISH goods rather than deal with the North (prices for agr. products were better and quality of manuf. was better). So for THAT REASON the north wanted to abolish slavery thinking it would cause the south to be unable to afford to export and import from England as costs of agr. would go up. Hey, thats the way we learned it in SOUTHERN History textbooks in my day. haha. JDN