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To: Gianni
Sorry but I spotted errors throughout the article. Admittedly some may be open to opinion, but his errors on the Morrill Tariff, his opinions on what caused the war and what it should be named, reason why the southe seceded, and his habit of presenting his opinion as uncontestable fact make his work suspect in my opinion. Dr. Williams is entitled to his beliefs but I don't agree that the facts support them.
1,898 posted on 07/24/2003 4:38:58 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
Sorry but I spotted errors throughout the article. Admittedly some may be open to opinion,

Differences of opinion are not errors.

but his errors on the Morrill Tariff, his opinions on what caused the war

Those, as I said, have little to do with the political right to secession or nullification. You will note that at the time of the WBTS, rights did not require justification, but were endowed on men by God. To suggest that the reason one chooses to excersize a right somehow weighs on the existence of such is to deny that right based on your interpretation of events. The article's focus is not the tarrif or the reason for secession, but a call for our state leadership to grow some hairy clankers and push back against Leviathan for once.

and what it should be named,

Matter of opinion. I certainly would not call it a 'civil war' just because there was not fight over control of Washington and the government of the US. If you choose to call it a rebellion, then I cannot generate a coherent argument against that, but you and I both know that a rebellion is not necessarily a 'civil war' unless your definition of the latter is broad enough to include all domestic disturbance.

reason why the southe seceded,

See above. This has oft been a point of contention on these threads. Had the North fought the war to end slavery, then you would likely hear no argument from me and many others. Unfortnately, the end of slavery was incidental to war that was waged for a stated different purpose, yet there are those who demand we pay homage to Lincoln for ending slavery when it was not his stated goal. It is like praising Stalin for the effectiveness of today's US military.

1,900 posted on 07/24/2003 6:37:23 AM PDT by Gianni
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