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you guys don’t get it – this is just a ruse to get alsharpton and jessejackson5 to visit the south.
how are we supposed to behave without our betters telling us what to do?That is beyond outrageous. It was a rich man’s war (some men paying other men to go fight in their places) and this ball is for no one but the rich folks either!!!!!! In this economy who can afford $100 for a ticket but rich people?
“Was it wrong for the Federal goverment to deny hearing any peace commission from the Southern government in order to avoid war?”
“Was it wrong to make war on civilians, where if today I actually shoot an enemy combatant, I’ll be tried so fast for war crimes my head will spin?”
“Was it wrong for slavery to remain legal in the FEDERALLY OCCUPIED parts of the South?””Was it wrong to elect a President who owned slaves while supposedly leading a ‘War Against Slavery?'””Was it wrong for Federal forces to simply take people against their will in order to have a ‘grand experiment of African troops’ or to serve as laborers? Slavery is slavery, right?”
Was it wrong for New England states to threaten secession when it was obvious that the Southern states did not want to pay confiscatory taxation?”
“Was it wrong for the New England states to threaten secession over the ban of the importation of slaves (meaning they would lose money)?'”Was it wrong for the New England statesmen to threatenSheath over the annexation of Texas and its admission as a state?””Was it wrong to seceede over a matter of parlamentary principle and academic dispute over ‘weak parliament v. strong king?'””Was it wrong for a territory to leave its nation over a miniscule tax increase?””Was it wrong to put the Southern states in the position where they had no voice, and secession was the only option?”
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