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Thread #146438 Message #3392262
Posted By: Greg F.
19-Aug-12 - 12:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: Going to put y'all back in chains
Subject: RE: BS: Going to put y'all back in chains
Meets with Jefferson Davis and says, "See ya 'round like a doughnut"...
So you would expect that Abe would have violated his oath of office to protect the United States and the Constitution?
Abe was a better man than that.
...the South would be further along in terms of humanity if Lincoln had just let it go... slavery was on its way out... without a hundred years of Jim Crow
Well, Bobert, I should think that the history of the country, especially from 1876 withdrawl of Federal Troops to the 1960's clearly shows those to be more than ridiculous statements.
...if the the majority of Southerners had wanted to ban slavery...
If the majority had wanted to ban slavery, they'd have voted for Lincoln and there would have been no civil war. And if wishes were horses....
The Civil War has been a anchor around this country.
Not quite- the legacy of chattel slavery and belief in the fairytale of "The Lost Cause" are the anchors you're thinking of.