To: TexConfederate1861
Maybe it is mentioned since those that won the war wrote the history books.....How about that theory?! Then how do you explain all the speeches and writings and declarations made by various southern leaders prior to and during the war where slavery is by far the single most often mentioned reason for the rebellion? How do you explain that?
81 posted on
10/20/2004 6:22:54 AM PDT by
Non-Sequitur
(Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
To: Non-Sequitur
Because that was one of the most visible examples of the Federal Government interfering in the rights of states.
Read the Texas Articles of Secession, there are other reasons mentioned.
92 posted on
10/20/2004 7:56:23 AM PDT by
TexConfederate1861
("Sic Semper Tyrannis" ("Thus be it ever to Tyrants" meaning Lincoln!))
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