Posted on 02/25/2004 11:52:26 AM PST by 4CJ
Prove it. The most anyone has is 350 incidents for the whole war. The rate doesn't look any higher than the crimes of confederates against their own people.
1. they IDENTIFIED soldiers who voted AGAINST lincoln to the other people in the area &
2. the ballots assured that MOST soldiers, who did NOT want to vote for lincoln, were intimidated into doing so.
the election of 1864 was in a word, a MOCKERY.<P.free dixie,sw
War crimes take place in every war, but the rate looks the same for both armies.
do you also deny the Holocaust??
You seem to be denying that Confederates committed war crimes by your omissions of it.
Jefferson Davis was elected interim President by the constittional convention on 9 Feb 1861. Davis was then elected President - not selected - by the people on 6 Nov 1861.
free dixie,sw
Lack of passage of an amendment proves nothing since Congress already had the power to prescribe laws in Article IV, Section 1. They may have needed an amendment to make secession illegal though. If states would follow Article IV, perhaps secession would never be necessary.
If McClellan received votes then your theory doesn't stand.
the FACT that "little mac" received ANY votes is a sign that SOME FEW bluebellies were NOT intimidated by the lincoln regime.
btw, in some union camps, lincoln received 4-10 times the number of votes than the units had PERSONS!
the '64 election was a MOCKERY! nothing more,nothing less.
free dixie,sw
Nope. stand watie wrote, 'the so-called "declarations" were NOT official documents in ANY state & that NO state EVER sponsored/endorsed the so-called "declarations"'. A point with which I agree. They are not the official documents of the conventions.
There were Declarations of Secession spelling out exactly why secession took place and they say the reason was slavery, the south's own wprds.
The material prosperity of the North was greatly dependent on the Federal Government; that of the the South not at all. In the first years of the Republic the navigating, commercial, and manufacturing interests of the North began to seek profit and aggrandizement at the expense of the agricultural interests. Even the owners of fishing smacks sought and obtained bounties for pursuing their own business (which yet continue), and $500,000 is now paid them annually out of the Treasury. The navigating interests begged for protection against foreign shipbuilders and against competition in the coasting trade. Congress granted both requests, and by prohibitory acts gave an absolute monopoly of this business to each of their interests, which they enjoy without diminution to this day. Not content with these great and unjust advantages, they have sought to throw the legitimate burden of their business as much as possible upon the public; they have succeeded in throwing the cost of light-houses, buoys, and the maintenance of their seamen upon the Treasury, and the Government now pays above $2,000,000 annually for the support of these objects. Theses interests, in connection with the commercial and manufacturing classes, have also succeeded, by means of subventions to mail steamers and the reduction in postage, in relieving their business from the payment of about $7,000,000 annually, throwing it upon the public Treasury under the name of postal deficiency. The manufacturing interests entered into the same struggle early, and has clamored steadily for Government bounties and special favors. This interest was confined mainly to the Eastern and Middle non-slave-holding States. Wielding these great States it held great power and influence, and its demands were in full proportion to its power. The manufacturers and miners wisely based their demands upon special facts and reasons rather than upon general principles, and thereby mollified much of the opposition of the opposing interest. They pleaded in their favor the infancy of their business in this country, the scarcity of labor and capital, the hostile legislation of other countries toward them, the great necessity of their fabrics in the time of war, and the necessity of high duties to pay the debt incurred in our war for independence.Remember Lincoln was all in favor of an Amendment that would have guaranteed slavery forever, his inaugural speech spoke of allowing the states to secede as long as the turned over the imposts.
Nope. I'm afraid I have haven't seen a link that proves election fraud in Texas. Please post your proof.
I don't think Stand Watie sees him as legitimate then. lol
It doesn't matter if they agreed with me or not, Congress often does things that are unConstitutional. Regardless, Congress never had the opportunity to set the terms so how do you know they disagree with me?
DOCUMENTED in posts 1157, 1202, 1209 and 1240 among others.
Were Union POWs treated well? [truth test]
1. CSA soldiers were on their own ground most of the time,
2.the CSA High Command PUNISHED criminals HARSELY,QUICKLY and PUBLICALLY,
3.AND, unlike in the northern armies, WAR CRIMES were NOT an essential part of the overall war plan.
free dixie,sw
Prove it happened and it was sanctioned by Lincoln.
i'm not in the mood to go on a hunt through the FR threads for the source, especially for a BIGOT/FOOL/war crimes-DENYER.
go look for a source yourself.
free dixie,sw
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