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To: jdege

The Law of Economics would have destroyed slavery by itself.

Econ Prof. W.Williams expounded on the fact that Lincoln fought the Constitution, and won:

http://www.vindicatingthefounders.com/library/walter-williams.html


135 posted on 06/24/2013 10:37:43 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45 (Happily in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own guardians.)
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To: Para-Ord.45
Shortly after Lincoln's election, Congress passed the highly protectionist Morrill tariffs. That's when the South seceded, setting up a new government.

The Morill tariff wasn't passed until March 1861, after the South had seceded. Williams' failure as an historian rears its ugly head yet again.

148 posted on 06/24/2013 11:26:28 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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