[Gianni]

It's really sickening so-called Americans would be willing to tare their own country to shreds for the sake of keeping men as slaves for profit.

Not as sickening as, say, someone who would see every man, woman, and child in the state murdered prior to placing a single limit on their political power.

Rather than concede to the State of Missouri the right to demand that my government shall not enlist troops within her limits, or bring troops into the State whenever it pleases, or move troops at its own will into, out of, or through the State; rather than concede to the State of Missouri for one single instant the right to dictate to my government in any matter, however unimportant, I would [pointing at the three state officials] see you, and you, and you, and you and every man, woman and child in the State, dead and buried.

[M. Espinola]

"Not as sickening as, say, someone who would see every man, woman, and child in the state murdered prior to placing a single limit on their political power."

You must mean the vicious attacks on loyal American citizens throughout state Missouri from the likes of crazed confederate animals such as Bloody Bill Anderson & Quantrill collection of rabid, renegade killers.

What you can't seem to fathom is the majority of Americans could care less about your little “Lost Cause”.

Maybe it's also time for you to upgrade your attire a tad and not look so crabby stuck in that confederate time warp.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Whether there was Union people who went to rhetorical excess does not change the validity of the original point. There was a group of men who were willing to tear up the greatest government known to man so they could hold slaves for profit. The twin motivations of economic self interest of the few and the right to oppress ones fellow man proved inadequate to sustain the rebellion. Despite honorable but misguided intentions by many rank and file Confederate Southerners, the rebellion was proved unworthy by history.

[4CJ]

Not as sickening as, say, someone who would see every man, woman, and child in the state murdered prior to placing a single limit on their political power.

Worth repeating. Brigadier-General Lyon then turning to the governor said 'This means war.' Strange. Nowhere in the Constitution do I find a clause stating that refusing to provide troops is a declaration of war, or that war can be used against a state remaining in the union.

Anyone holding that the murder of every man, woman and child in a state to be justified is insane.