[Colonel Kangaroo]

Do you trust Lincoln's words to be correct? Then there were two alternatives, peaceful separation and bloody fratricidal war. The South made their choice, Admiral Lincoln made his.

That does not change the fact that slavery was the only issue separating North and South to the point of rupture. And I don't think peaceful separation was a longterm prospect either. As Lincoln said the two regions were too intertwined foe real separation and there could not be a long coexistence between the North, a society based on the ideals of freedom of the Founders and a backward society based on slavery principles the ancient Assyrians would be proud of.

[M. Espinola]

"..a society based on the ideals of freedom of the Founders and a backward society based on slavery principles the ancient Assyrians would be proud of."

Right on target, taking it directly to ground zero. Bravo!

[Gianni]

As Lincoln said the two regions were too intertwined foe real separation

Freudian typo?

there could not be a long coexistence between the North, a society based on the ideals of freedom of the Founders and a backward society based on slavery principles the ancient Assyrians would be proud of.

Founders, a majority of whom were slaveowners. Or were they the good slaveowners, while their children were the evil slaveowners. Get over yourself, your little hyperbole fools nobody.

[stand watie]

for a HANDFUL of Abolitionists & a HANDFUL of slave-owners, slavery was THE central issue of the WBTS.

PERHAPS as much as ONE PERCENT of the citizens North & South felt that way.

for the other 99%, "southern LIBERTY" or "preserving the union" was the MAIN issue.

no matter how much you may WISH slavery was THE ISSUE or ONE of the MAIN ISSUES, the FACTS do NOT support your wishes. to quote RWR, "FACTS are IMPORTANT".

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