Yes, but the myth and inaccuracies are primarily from those who take the side that Fedzilla had a right to force people to remain in the Union.
When asked how they can defend a position so at odds with our founding principles (as articulated in the Declaration of Independence) their only answer is "Slavery!!!!" But when it is pointed out that every state was a slave state in 1776, they simply ignore or rationalize the point.
The fact is, the North could not invade the South for the stated purpose of forcing them back into the Union without violating the very principles upon which this nation was founded. Their arguments invariably boil down to a form of "Might makes right."
Had the South not started a war with Fedzilla then her railroads wouldn't have been trashed or her slaves freed. Let that be the lesson to you.
When asked how they can defend a position so at odds with our founding principles (as articulated in the Declaration of Independence) their only answer is "Slavery!!!!"
One of our founding principles is that if you're going to start a rebellion, regardless of whether the reason is "taxation without representation" or defending slavery, then you had better win it. Another lesson for you.
The fact is, the North could not invade the South for the stated purpose of forcing them back into the Union without violating the very principles upon which this nation was founded.
The fact is that the North was not invading anything until after the Confederacy resorted to armed conflict to further their aims.
Their arguments invariably boil down to a form of "Might makes right."
More like the Union had the better cause, preservation of the United States. The South just had that slavery thing.
No, sorry, but the "myth and inaccuracies" all come from our Lost Causer illusionists who endlessly wave their "bright shiny objects" to divert attention away from the real facts of history.
DiogenesLamp to DoodleDawg: "When asked how they can defend a position so at odds with our founding principles (as articulated in the Declaration of Independence) their only answer is "Slavery!!!!"
But when it is pointed out that every state was a slave state in 1776, they simply ignore or rationalize the point."
Sorry, but you clearly have no clue what you're talking about.
Our Founders' principles of 1776 and 1787 are in no way related to those of Fire Eating secessionists of 1860 &1861.
If you read their own founding documents, secessionists of 1861 were only concerned with one issue: protecting slavery based on the unfounded belief that the 1860 election of Lincoln's abolitionist "Black Republicans" threatened their "peculiar institution".
But their secession did not cause Civil War, nor did their forming a new Confederacy.
What started Civil War was the Confederacy's provoking, starting and formally declaring war on the United States while sending military support to Confederate forces in Union states, all before a single Confederate soldier died in battle with any Union force or a single Confederate state was invaded by any Union army.
DiogenesLamp to DoodleDawg: "The fact is, the North could not invade the South for the stated purpose of forcing them back into the Union without violating the very principles upon which this nation was founded.
Their arguments invariably boil down to a form of 'Might makes right.' "
In fact, our Founders' Constitution specifically addresses the need for Federal response to "rebellion", "insurrections" "invasion", "domestic violence" and "treason" -- all of which were in play in early 1861.
So your old Lost Causer mythology simply won't stand up to examination of real historical facts, FRiend.