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To: stainlessbanner; Constitution Day; 4ConservativeJustices
Dixie ping!!
3 posted on 11/11/2002 1:27:12 PM PST by billbears
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McGuire and Van Cott conclude that the tariff issue was a major factor in North-South tensions. Higher tariffs were "a key plank in the August 1860 Republican party platform. . . . northern politicians overall wanted dramatically higher tariff rates; Southern politicians did not
4 posted on 11/11/2002 1:28:19 PM PST by billbears
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