[WhiskeyPapa]

You're saying that if I find a musty old book from 1860 -- the official U.S.Treasury book for -1860-, that it will have entries for "Union" and "Southern"?

There is absolutely no reason to believe that they wouldn't be able to provide a state-by-state listing in 1860. From that it takes only a little simple math to calculate the total in southern banks etc. Thus your post is a nonargument.

And you're sticking up for whathisname. What a hoot.

He put CAPS on "Union" and "Southern". The only reasonable interpretation is that somewhere in some musty old nook in the national archives, there's a book titled "U.S. Department of the Treasury (1860)" with the headers:

"Union"

And:

"Southern"

That's what whatshisname said. It's absurd. But you support it.

Walt

[PeaRidge]

That is why Lincoln was seen walking around mumbling something about "But what of my tariff?'

[GOPcapitalist]

He put CAPS on "Union" and "Southern".

Both words are being used formally. It would be grammatically incorrect NOT to capitalize them. Face it, Walt. You are grasping at straws with this one.

[Held_to_Ransom]

According to Time magazine, Bush has violated Habeus Corpus now 17,000 to 19,000 times. That's a record. No one knows the exact number because they can't talk to anyone. They just disappear.