To: Constitution Day; churchillbuff; eno_; marron; Bonaparte; aristeides
Pinging........let's get it on!
The subject is tariffs, the causes of the Civil War, and the historiographical stewardship of James McPherson.
18 posted on
01/31/2004 1:06:31 PM PST by
lentulusgracchus
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To: lentulusgracchus; GOPcapitalist; PistolPaknMama; ml/nj; Rebelbase; DeaconBenjamin; jscd3; ...
Has the Civil War history industry been reduced to this? Reminds me of those classicists who having pondered all that is to ponder of Greece now spend hours on debating the color of Greek women's makeup kits.
The tariff was not an issue to those that went to war in 1861. In fact the South if it won their war of independence would have imposed a tariff in an effort to build their newly minted industrial base.
These arguments evolve amongst those that look to either blame or absolve the North or South.
48 posted on
01/31/2004 10:08:49 PM PST by
Destro
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