To: r9etb
You are right when you say that the reason the south chose to secede had nothing to do with states rights. It had nothing to do with slavery either. The REAL reason was handed down to the men in my family in a letter written by my great, great, grandfather General Beauregard E. Culpepper. According to the General, it was important that the South be able to have its own army separate from a Northern army so that we Southern Gentlemen wouldnt be forced to shower with Yankees! It's as simple as that.
246 posted on
09/27/2002 1:18:14 PM PDT by
MAWG
To: MAWG
so that we Southern Gentlemen wouldnt be forced to shower with Yankees! It's as simple as that. LOL!!!
(And here I thought southerners never bathed.... ;-)
253 posted on
09/27/2002 2:09:04 PM PDT by
r9etb
To: MAWG
ROTFLMAO.
304 posted on
09/30/2002 10:52:53 AM PDT by
weikel
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