OK, so had the South won would the slogan be "government of 2/3rds of the people, by 2/3rds of the people, for 2/3rds of the people?" You want to claim that your rebellion was for freedom and liberty? Fine, but don't forget to mention that your rebellion was launched in no small part to keep a considerable part of your population from enjoying that very same freedom and liberty that you claim to have been fighting for.
” OK, so had the South won would the slogan be “government of 2/3rds of the people, by 2/3rds of the people, for 2/3rds of the people?””
What was in the Constitution agreed to by all the colonies in 1783? The above.
“Fine, but don’t forget to mention that your rebellion was launched in no small part to keep a considerable part of your population from enjoying that very same freedom and liberty that you claim to have been fighting for”
Lincoln didn’t fight the war to end slavery. If you had clue one you’d understand that.
Well, well ... aren't you just a ball of confusion this morning. You do know who insisted upon that whole 2/3 thing, don't you? (Hint: it wasn't southerners)
Just as Alaska should be able to leave the Union so they can drill for their oil, the south wanted to be able to ship their raw goods overseas without over taxation forced on them by people outside their states.
I am just waiting for the huge city states of our nation to force the midwest to supply them free chickens, cattle and grain. It is coming. They are the majority.
If the south had won, there would have been 2 countries. The United States of America and the Confederate States of America, and I dare say the CSA would be more apt to stand on their own 2 feet and not turned into a welfare state.