[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

Posting history, in reverse order

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Link to previous New York Times thread

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[DannyTN]

Not if Volunteers have anything to say about it!

[madison10]

...and here we are.

[Irenic]

It’s taking them a while but they’re still working on it.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

So Mexico sensed weakness in the USA because of the secession movement and decided it was time to re-take their territory lost 13 years earlier.

Some things never change. Do Russia, China, North Korea, et al sense weakness in the USA today? Ha! Of course they do.

In 1861, the USA military wasn’t even coddling mentally ill men who pretend to be women and paying for their disfiguration and drugs.

[antidemoncrat]

“HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS: TEXAS TO BE RECONQUERED BY MEXICO”

I’m sure if Mexico decided to invade the US the Harris/Biden administration would immediately send their top negoiators to discuss surrender terms with Mexico.