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To: I Am John Galt who wrote (393)	7/1/1998 5:51:00 PM
From: MeDroogies	Respond to of 13060

Read it, and no, I don't think they are factions that need to be controlled. They are autonomous units that essentially offset each other in many respects. Other rights? Several rights of self-determination (interstate commerce, trade, etc) were at stake...slavery was one of many issues (you stated as much in an earlier post, so I don't see a need to elaborate). I agree that the federal government did the right thing in freeing the slaves...but all it did was speed up the process. Slavery was VERY uneconomical. Part of the South's problem is that slavery led them to be very single industry oriented (ie, agriculture). That is precisely why they failed to win. This problem was apparent BEFORE the war began. In order to become a power, slavery would have to end. Chances are, it would have eventually. I'm not using that as an excuse to say the gov't was wrong. They weren't, and besides, I'm not calling for the abolition of government. I am calling for a severely LIMITED government. I don't think anyone would argue that for all its faults the government does make the occasional "good call". Problem is, it is so rare.