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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (91907)	12/22/2008 7:44:47 PM
From: benwood	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Thanks, that was a thought provoking read. The general rule always is 'follow the money' isn't it? I for one would be loath to argue with Charles Dickens. I think of gov't as an organism, and so it fights to grow and to persevere at any cost. It's a sum of survival instincts of the humans within, and they gain job security (and enhance their chance of survival) by having more to do than manpower can accomplish. The way to achieve that goal is a) inefficiency and b) create more work b) is accomplished by usurping power, resources, etc. Debt has been a great controlling vehicle, for now the States which were fairly independent in 1860 are now crawling to Washington D.C. with their hats in their hands.

To: Broken_Clock who wrote (91907)	12/23/2008 4:34:38 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 116555

Hampton Roads Peace Conference, meeting held on Feb. 3, 1865, on board the Union transport River Queen in Hampton Roads, Va., with the object of ending the Civil War. Lincoln's terms required: reunion; acceptance of emancipation; immediate cessation of hostilities; and the disbanding of all Confederate forces. This proved unacceptable to the South, and the conference failed. Unofficially, but with Lincoln's knowledge, Blair had discussed the possibility with Jefferson Davis of restoring peace through a united opposition to European intervention in Mexico. President Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward represented the Union, and A. H. Stephens, R. M. T. Hunter, and J. A. Campbell, the Confederacy. The meeting was brought about through the efforts of Francis P. Blair Blair, and Francis Preston. .