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To: ProudVet77
Now do you understand why the South seceded from the Union?
60 posted on 01/11/2005 7:34:04 AM PST by quadrant
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To: quadrant

Yeah, because they were angry that Lincoln wasn't going to free the slaves. They wanted to secede so they could do it more quickly, and to ensure that slavery wouldn't spread to the territories. /sarcasm


61 posted on 01/11/2005 7:38:19 AM PST by XJarhead
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