[Sam Gamgee]

I will definitely add that book to my reading list. I am actually not sure what I think of old Lincoln. Seems to me the war was taken to the South because the South wanted to exercise their right to secede from a nation that kept putting the interests of Northern manufacturers (tariffs) above the needs of the South. It also was NOT a CIVIL WAR. This wasn't a war where both sides wanted to control the entire US government. One side simply wanted to leave.

Another liberal movie to avoid - The Rum Diary. Good God that was a liberal bore.

[SatinDoll]

There exists a documentary called The Secret of Oz by Bill Still, which has information vis a vis The War 1860-1865 with which neither of you may be familiar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qIhDdST27g

This video provides a monetary history of the U.S.A. you both might find interesting (if you haven’t seen it yet). It also discusses the maneuvering by European banks after the Revolution to destroy the U.S. economy, including their involvement in The War 1860-1865.

I would be interested in hearing your opinions about the above video, which was an award winning documentary film in 2010.

Most people do not know this, but the Republican Party was founded in the state of Michigan during the 1850s with the main purpose of “abolition”, eliminating the institution of slavery, and additionally reassertion of the principles in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S.Constitution.

Southern states vowed to secede if Lincoln was elected President - BECAUSE HE WAS A REPUBLICAN!

Imprimus, a publication of Hillsdale College, has an essay by Edward J. Erier during the month of November 2012 (Vol.41, No. 1), entitled, Is the Constitution Colorblind? This essay’s theme is about the equal protection of equal rights, which does not require equal outcomes.

In this essay Professor Erier discusses the present legal cases involving affirmative action, and how it goes back to Lincoln and the U.S.Constitution, and presents the argument that our nation’s founding was not complete until after the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the passage of the 13th Amendment.

[greeneyes]

It also was NOT a CIVIL WAR. This wasn’t a war where both sides wanted to control the entire US government. One side simply wanted to leave.
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I believe that Southerners have been known to call it the “War of Norhtern Agreesion”.

[freekitty]

It’s simple. The South was getting richer than the North. This war was never fought about slavery. It was fought about economics and power.

[Tublecane]

The term “civil war” does not imply opponents are fighting for control of the whole. It merely means a war within one country, as opposed to a foreign war.