[central_va]

I read the Declarations of Secession and that was enough for me. The number of times the slave states mentioned slavery over and over made it crystal clear. And they had the nerve to mention the Northern states were infringing on their Freedom to have slaves.

On those documents, if you replaces the word slavery with "Tulip Bulb Speculation", you would of had the same effect on the secession effort and the subsequent volunteering in manpower the Confederate Armed Forces.

The kindling was the desire to be free from the onerous Federal Maw, slavery was just the match.

If there is another Civil War what's going to be the Feds bogus excuse this time?

[southernsunshine]

I only ask questions, or make suggestions for study, and let each form their own conclusions.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

On those documents, if you replaces the word slavery with "Tulip Bulb Speculation", you would of had the same effect on the secession effort and the subsequent volunteering in manpower the Confederate Armed Forces.

A false equivalence and you know it.

Although war was not waged to end slavery, it's the height of historical naivete (or revisionism) to pretend that slavery and its ramifications on the political/economic spectrum could have been replaced with 'x' and still have the Civil War be the result.