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To: FLT-bird

“The right to self government”

Exactly what had the Buchanan Administration done to limit self Government in the South


440 posted on 05/04/2019 5:49:24 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe
Exactly what had the Buchanan Administration done to limit self Government in the South

Obviously it wasn't the Buchanan administration only. The complaints about partisan sectional legislation had been longstanding. The Tariff of Abominations and the Nullification Crisis were a generation earlier. There had been constant sparring between the regions over a range of issues.

446 posted on 05/04/2019 6:12:20 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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Indeed !

and who was Buchanan's Vice President? John C. Breckenridge

The very leader of the rebelious Democrats.

Exactly what had the Buchanan Administration done to limit self Government in the South

479 posted on 05/04/2019 9:29:10 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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