[Non-Sequitur]

Its largest source of revenue came from tariffs on exported agricultural goods, first of which was cotton. Get your facts straight.

You might want to do the same. Tariffs are applied to imported goods, not exports. Per Article I, Section 9: "No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State."

[cripplecreek]

I wonder if these people feel the same about other presidents who have put down secessionist movements?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Convention

[equalitybeforethelaw]

You might want to do the same. Tariffs are applied to imported goods, not exports. Per Article I, Section 9: “No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.”

One more reason to leave the union. They financed the Fed on taxes of exports, they felt cheap cotton should go to New England rather than England. If Egypt did not have bumper cotton crops in 1862-64, the British would have allied with the Confederacy. Imagine the British Navy knocking heads with the Union Navy? A whole different outcome would have been possible.

This was a war that Lincoln caused, not one chosen by the people. It could easily be said that Lincoln was over his head as President and an entire generation paid the price. Sound familiar?