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To: zaxtres
Again the Civil War was over States’ Rights not slavery.

State's right to do what?

52 posted on 07/27/2021 3:35:24 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
State's right to do what?

The right to secede. A right not prohibited in the USC.

53 posted on 07/27/2021 3:37:44 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: DoodleDawg
State's right to do what?

Own slaves.

The South wanted to expand slavery to the territories, the North didn't.

If Southern Democrats believed so much in 'states rights' they wouldn't have pushed the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act through Congress.

67 posted on 07/27/2021 6:32:28 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: DoodleDawg
State's right to do what?

The states' rights to LEAVE. And this is why some people think you are deliberately obtuse and intent on remaining that way.

I suspect you were fishing for the answer "keep slavery", but that is just misdirection. The states already had the right to keep slaves, and they would continue to keep having the right to keep slaves indefinitely so long as they were part of the Union of the States.

94 posted on 07/27/2021 12:49:24 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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