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To: Non-Sequitur
That's not why it "existed", but I will counter your claims with the following about the Confederate Constitution:
1. It explicitly outlawed protection tariffs
2. It explicitly outlawed internal improvements
3. It accounts for uniform taxation
4. 2/3 majority vote on all congressional approriations
5. Allowed impeachment of federal officials by state legistlatures + House of Representatives
Indicative of the differences during the long battle philosophical battle of Jeffersonian soveriegn rule and states' rights vs. Hamiltonian centralized power.
149 posted on 10/13/2003 1:54:54 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner
It also protected slavery and slave imports. And if you look at the list you just gave those items prohibited by the constitution were items that might have promoted an industrial base or a transportation network. Items that might have promoted internal migration of people to other areas of the confederacy. Items that the plantation owners had zero interest in, and no interest in paying for. Like I said, it protected the most powerful special interest around, the plantation owners.
154 posted on 10/13/2003 2:08:44 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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