[r9etb]

Read the document, it's all in there.

Aw c'mon. You know those folks never read the documents; and if they're shown the documents, they willfully misread them. They hate that the "southern cause" was all about slavery. They'd rather cling to their myths.

[MAWG]

You are right when you say that the reason the south chose to secede had nothing to do with states rights. It had nothing to do with slavery either. The REAL reason was handed down to the men in my family in a letter written by my great, great, grandfather General Beauregard E. Culpepper. According to the General, it was important that the South be able to have its own army separate from a Northern army so that we Southern Gentlemen wouldnt be forced to shower with Yankees! It's as simple as that.