Here is yet another direct quote which many neo-Confederates will either reject as the true 'cause' of the slave based Cotton Empire tiggering a civil war in this country.
James H. Hammond, Congressman from South Carolina:
"Sir, I do firmly believe that domestic slavery, regulated as ours is, produces the highest toned, the purest, best organization of society that has ever existed on the face of the earth."
The quote from this Hammond 'revolutionist' continues:
# Hammond again, from later in the same speech:
"the moment this House undertakes to legislate upon this subject [slavery], it dissolves the Union. Should it be my fortune to have a seat upon this floor, I will abandon it the instant the first decisive step is taken looking towards legislation of this subject. I will go home to preach, and if I can, practice, disunion, and civil war, if needs be. A revolution must ensue, and this republic sink in blood."
Let's read this line again, ....A revolution must ensue, and this republic sink in blood."
Talk about communists!
Richmond Enquirer, 1856: "Democratic liberty exists solely because we have slaves . . . freedom is not possible without slavery."
Atlanta Confederacy, 1860: "We regard every man in our midst an enemy to the institutions of the South, who does not boldly declare that he believes African slavery to be a social, moral, and political blessing."
Come on pro-Confederate heritage types to defend these quotations from pro-slavers.
If slavery 'had nothing to do' with the origins of the Civil War why is it depicted on worthless Confederate money?
