[billbears]

Our willingness to rid ourselves of slavery early up here would've helped in keeping us more conservative. Reagardless, if we were two seperate countries the last 200 and some years, we might be speaking German or Japanese by now anyway, or perhhaps Balkanized.

Really? Perhaps we could have been as 'enlightened' as the north and just outlawed blacks altogether then as several of the separate and sovereign states in the north did.

[#3Fan]

Really? Perhaps we could have been as 'enlightened' as the north and just outlawed blacks altogether then as several of the separate and sovereign states in the north did.

Don't try and tell me that slavery was a good thing because it showed how inclusive you were. You neo-Confederates are ridiculous.

[4CJ]

#3Fan wrote:Our willingness to rid ourselves of slavery early up here would've helped in keeping us more conservative.

Let's see, the climate was unsuitable to slaves, the people were inhospitable, northern laws prevented immigration of blacks, the legalized slave trade had ended in 1808 terminating the lucrative profit motive for participating - and that equates to conservatism?

Perhaps we could have been as 'enlightened' as the north and just outlawed blacks altogether then as several of the separate and sovereign states in the north did.

You're kidding right? Aren't you? You mean the kind, compassionate Yankees would do such a thing? I thought they just loved blacks </sarcasm>