[stand watie]

SORRY, but the "Declarations of the Causes of Secession" were PRIVATE documents, which were APPROVED by NO state in the country.

had the private citizens that wrote those papers chosen instead to write "Mary Had a Little Lamb", the two works would have been exactly as important as the other to an understanding of the causes of the WBTS.

i personally know of NO scholar, other than the most extreme radical fringe of the REVISIONIST School, that would SERIOUSLY take the position that those "declarations" are EVEN important, much less proof of anything.

the ONLY main causes of the war were:

a. for the Union: PRESERVING the union &

b. for the Southerners: FREEDOM for dixie.

in 1860, i seriously doubt that 25,ooo people in ALL of the USA cared about "slavery" or the "plight of the slaves" except those FEW percent of persons who actually OWNED slaves. AFTER the war, the unionists SAID that the war was a "crusade against slavery". that's called SELF-righteousness & SELF-serving BILGE!

free dixie,sw

[Alouette]

the "Declarations of the Causes of Secession" were PRIVATE documents, which were APPROVED by NO state in the country.

So no state legislatures voted to secede? They really stayed in the Union for nothing? OMG the whole freaking war was a mistake!!