[stand watie]

we southrons could also argue that the properties reclaimed by southerners were OURS as much as the damnyankees, inasmuchas ALL of the taxpayers paid for the properties.

the federal government owns NOTHING;the people own everything.the public servants work for US, not the other way around.

free dixie,sw

[Held_to_Ransom]

we southrons could also argue that the properties reclaimed by southerners were OURS as much as the damnyankees, inasmuchas ALL of the taxpayers paid for the properties.

Yes, but it is a fallacious argument as 2/3rds of the people who paid for the properties were from the North, and they paid 86% of the tab on them. You can't sell your property and then reclaim it keeping while keeping the money without becoming a common thief.