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To: 2ndDivisionVet
You put a map of the Civil War over this electoral map, you’ve got the Civil War,

This much is true, however the racism accusation is a red herring. It is true now as was then, this "Cold" Civil War is about the relation ship between the Federal and the State(s). The first Civil War was about states rights, and here we are again.

This is like deja vu all over again. -- Yogi Berra

27 posted on 10/28/2012 11:44:30 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

No. Civil war was not about states’ rights. It was about the Federal power to control territories, like the North West Territory which banned slavery. Republicans wanted to ban slavery from the territories. Democrats wanted to extend slavery to the territories, and intended (and attempted) to invade territories as necessary to get slavery in the territories.


62 posted on 10/28/2012 5:44:41 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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