No matter how many articles like this that have appeared on FR, the argument goes on. No matter haow many hundred comments appaer, the argument rages. No matter what is said, not one single opinion is changed.
Those who argue for the North are convinced that ANY action to preserve the Union is justified. Those who argue for the South claim it is the States that have the ultimate power. The sad truth is that BOTH sides were wrong!
Does preservation of the Union include warrentless searches, imposition of laws that have never been voted on, forcing citizens to engage in commerce, usurpation of powers not granted by the Constitution or bureaucrats stealing children’s lunches? This is the Union today.
Does the State have the right to enslave people based on their color or take up arms against fellow states? That is history.
Whatever side you may be on, many brave men fought and died for what they believed. Whatever the merit of their cause, their bravery is beyond reproach. Let them rest in peace.
But for us, do not repeat the past. Our Union today is in dire peril; more so, I venture to say, than it was in 1861. Today, we are faced with a President who openly defies the Constitution and WANTS a CW2, the better to impose his will on us. He would return us to a slavery worse than pre-1861. He must not succeed.
THe war wasn't about slavery, Lincoln said so himself.