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To: combjelly who wrote (383930)	5/12/2008 7:58:33 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574679

CJ, > In what way? One of the great paradoxes of American history led to the Civil War. That paradox, of course, was the issue of slavery, but the paradox went beyond the humanitarian issue. John posted a lot of quotes from Thomas Jefferson, most of which were used by the Confederacy to legitimize secession. Abraham Lincoln, of course, did not recognize the secession and fought hard to preserve the Union, often at the cost of freedoms taken for granted during times of peace. Now, on what constitutional authority did Lincoln quell the rebel Confederates, and how does that square with the moral justifications colonial America used to declare independence from Britain? And was that worth the lives of over 600,000 Americans (during a time when the total population of America was 1/10 of what it is today)? Tenchusatsu