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To: CodeToad

And yet Lincoln sent armies in motion against secession and brought the North to victory. That matters far more than what Lincoln said in favor of a right of secession.


168 posted on 05/12/2010 9:19:49 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Rockingham

He’s talking about West Virginia....


170 posted on 05/12/2010 9:22:53 AM PDT by Idabilly (I'm tired of being Johnny B Good and I'm Gonna be Johnny Reb)
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To: Rockingham

“And yet Lincoln sent armies in motion against secession and brought the North to victory. That matters far more than what Lincoln said in favor of a right of secession.”

And you believe that is his statement about secession? You might want to look at the financial side of the situation, namely railroads and his ties to them and how the South figured into it all. Lincoln was one corrupt lawyer.


174 posted on 05/12/2010 9:34:28 AM PDT by CodeToad
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