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To: Arthur McGowan

Slavery and Lynchings were legal...

They never envisioned Federal authority in that area, hence the too often ignored 10th amendment.


70 posted on 10/08/2007 9:36:46 AM PDT by rottndog (Let us NEVER forget those who have paid the highest price, that we may live in FREEDOM!)
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To: rottndog

But I wasn’t talking about slavery. I was talking about murder. (I don’t believe lynchings were ever legal. They were winked at.)


78 posted on 10/08/2007 10:11:15 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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