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To: Reaganite Republican

the Irish emmigrated to Mexico at the height of the Civil War.

There were 3 choices presented to any man in the warring states:

Put on a uniform.

Pay $300 to exempt oneself

Run like hell to another sovereign state


25 posted on 12/26/2011 9:01:30 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Vendome
The Irish emmigrated to Mexico at the height of the Civil War. There were 3 choices presented to any man in the warring states:

Mr. Lincoln's War was so popular......

26 posted on 12/26/2011 9:04:20 AM PST by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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