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To: Theodore R.
Secession was considered constitutional until the force of arms stamped it out.

By some, perhaps, but not by all. And certainly not in the unilateral manner practiced by the southern states.

My understanding is that the South paid 2/3 of the tariff receipts prior to 1860...

You have some figures to back that up?

110 posted on 06/15/2004 6:52:23 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
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To: Non-Sequitur

My understanding is that the South paid 2/3 of the tariff receipts prior to 1860...

You have some figures to back that up?
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It's impossible, since the North had something on the order of 10-20x the industrial capacity, and therefore HAD to have imported more than the then-backward South.


118 posted on 06/15/2004 7:50:05 AM PDT by Ronly Bonly Jones (truth is truth)
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