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To: DiogenesLamp

Not one Southern Railroad received one red cent of support for the Federal Government? Not one light house built at Southern ports was built with Federal Money? Not one Southern port was dredged without Federal Money? Not one mile of road in the South was built with Federal money? So you are saying that every inch of Southern railroads, every foot of post roads, every light house and harbor improvements were 100% paid for by those hard working internal improvement minded cotton planters.


123 posted on 02/12/2018 9:43:18 AM PST by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe
There was some Federal money spent in the South, but compared to what was spent in the North, it was a pittance.

The South paid the bulk of the revenues, between 72% and 83% depending upon where you get your numbers, but virtually all of that money was spent in the North, and they knew it.

This man outlines the disparity in his speech before the South Carolina Secession convention.

153 posted on 02/12/2018 10:51:29 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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