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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1137089)	5/28/2019 5:38:12 PM
From: Winfastorlose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573682

The slavery issue was cited in the succession statements as it pertained to the refusal of the North to support the laws of the South, but that was more of a legal argument to justify the succession. There were many causes and some of them are similar to the way things are shaping up today. I would place the top three in this order: 1. Tariffs which were viewed as unjustly punishing the economy of the South to the North's benefit. This was the big one. Tariffs were placed on manufactured goods but no tariffs were placed on raw materials. So, the North's industries were protected, but the South was left to fend for itself. The tariffs were not fairly distributed. 2. A two party system which found the Republicans dominating the govts of the North and thereby the US Govt as well since the North had a much larger population.and the Democrats dominating the govts of the South. It was pretty much to the point of geographical monopolies. This also allowed the North to get the lion's share of the benefit from the tariff monies. The monies were then apportioned to build infrastructure such as roads and rails in the North and very little to none of the money was returned to the South even though they paid the lion's share of the tariff monies. Most of the revenues of the US Govt came from tariffs. 3. Slavery. This was an emotional issue as many did not want to see people forced into labor, but since Lincoln had already stated that he would not try to abolish slavery in states that already had it, why would the South then say, we are leaving because of Lincoln's posture on slavery? It just doesn't pass the smell test. Nevertheless, there were some abolitionists in the North as well as some slave owners in the South who probably fought due to the slavery issue. That much is true. I just do not believe it was the primary cause.