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To: Non-Sequitur

“Let’s be honest, it was for the freedom to continue to enslave others and the freedom to take your institution of slavery to every corner of the country that instigated your rebellion.”

I’m always honest. Glad to see you want to start. But you are wrong. The South had NO desire to force slavery in ANY state where it did not exist. Your statement is wrong. Period.

“However an honest comparison of Lincoln’s actions and Davis’ would show that the true tyrant ruled south of the Potomac and not north. Davis abused his constitution and trampled on freedoms and states rights in ways that Lincoln would never have contemplated.”

LOL! The ultimate difference being, even if that were true, that the Confederate states could LEAVE Davis any time. Which makes your whole premise wrong, again.

“And yet you continue to try...” to reason with them. And I admit, it is a failing.

“I could easily ask the same about you. “

But I would be asking from a documented background of your failures, while your attempts to discredit me are pathetic Pee Wee Herman come backs.


146 posted on 02/09/2010 8:58:43 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: Lee'sGhost
I’m always honest. Glad to see you want to start. But you are wrong. The South had NO desire to force slavery in ANY state where it did not exist. Your statement is wrong. Period.

Under the Dred Scott decision they had that right regardless of local state laws. And their desire was to retain the right take slavery to any territory they wanted. I should have been more clear.

The ultimate difference being, even if that were true, that the Confederate states could LEAVE Davis any time.

A claim that, of course, can never be proven or disproven. However, considering the way Davis trampled the rights of the states it'd be hard to see him allowing them to leave.

149 posted on 02/09/2010 9:06:03 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Lee'sGhost

NS just can’t leave. He threatened to leave after your post #146 cleaned his clock but he just won’t go.

Leave NS!! We’re sick of you and your lies and your pathetic attempts to spin the argument to support some delusional theory that you’ve concocted.


161 posted on 02/09/2010 1:08:02 PM PST by cowboyway ("The beauty of the Second Amendment is you won't need it until they try to take it away"--Jefferson)
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