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To: DiogenesLamp

I still have a few conservative friends that roll their eyes when I mention the prospect of civil war. I wonder if anyone was rolling their eyes in 1860.


46 posted on 07/26/2018 8:49:19 AM PDT by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: cld51860

A lot of people in 1860 thought a civil war was inevitable.


64 posted on 07/26/2018 9:33:10 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: cld51860; DiogenesLamp; x; rockrr
cld51860: "I wonder if anyone was rolling their eyes in 1860."

The general attitude among Northern Republicans in 1860 was: we've heard Southerners crying wolf ("secession") for many years.
Time to call their bluff.

119 posted on 07/26/2018 2:22:16 PM PDT by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...))
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