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To: PeaRidge

Had not the South taken up arms to protect their "peculiar way of life" enslaving other human beings, Lincoln would not have had to defend the Union and the Constituation against the attack. But Lincoln himself regretted with blood-laced sweat that Thomas Jefferson didn't take care of the immoral slave issue at the start.


93 posted on 02/19/2005 2:50:00 PM PST by Californiajones ("The apprehension of beauty is the cure for apathy" - Thomas Aquinas)
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To: Californiajones
Lincoln would not have had to defend the Union and the Constituation against the attack.

The South didn't want to "take over" the Union. They simply wanted to be left alone.

But Lincoln himself regretted with blood-laced sweat that Thomas Jefferson didn't take care of the immoral slave issue at the start

Jefferson tried to, but failed unfortunately.

119 posted on 02/19/2005 7:29:06 PM PST by Mulder (“The spirit of resistance is so valuable, that I wish it to be always kept alive" Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Californiajones
"Had not the South taken up arms to protect their "peculiar way of life" enslaving other human beings, Lincoln would not have had to defend the Union and the Constitution against the attack."

Normally one would be inclined to remark on the limitations on your educational system, but that one sentence is more than just stupid.

"Peculiar way of life"? You ignore the fact that the day that Lincoln was inaugurated, the Stars and Stripes were flying over Northern owned slave ships carrying slaves to Caribbean destinations.

It was also true that Lincoln's new job would pay a salary financed by money raised from the sale of slave produced goods.

"But Lincoln himself regretted with blood-laced sweat that Thomas Jefferson didn't take care of the immoral slave issue at the start."

Jefferson and others tried, but the New England interests were stubborn about their "peculiar trade". In the interest of Union, Jefferson and others acceded to the wishes of the North.

170 posted on 02/20/2005 10:22:51 AM PST by PeaRidge ("Walt got the boot? I didn't know. When/why did it happen?" Ditto 7-22-04 And now they got #3fan.)
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