We went to war to keep the nation together.
You guys thought you had a right to secede and we thought you did not. In the end, we won.
I agree, that technically the slavery issue was not the specific cause. But clearly, it was the states right to decided about slavery that was the cause. To most people that is a difference without a distinction. But, as most of you folks like to split hairs, lets give you that one.
Seems to me that the Civil war settled both scores.
Why can’t you guys simply admit that you were beaten on the field, and then you were beaten at the ballot box.
Its not like you grew up with slaves, or state’s rights for that matter. You are as bad as Sunnis or Shiites, getting all upset over stuff that happened in almost ancient history.
Get over it. You lost.
Yes, you were exactly like the British, but with a much more fanatical leader. They didn't think we had a right to secede either, but they stopped at 15,000 dead. They didn't keep it going till they'd killed hundreds of thousands.
I agree, that technically the slavery issue was not the specific cause.
Well there it is then. So why do you keep dishonestly saying the war was about slavery when it was clearly about stopping independence?
I know why most people say it was about slavery. It's because that makes their side look like the good guy heroes, and saying they were stopping an Independence movement makes them look like the bad guys.
Sure, i'd rather believe my chosen side (none of my family was here during the Civil War. We all came later, and I do not live in a Southern State.) was the good guys. Anyone would want to believe that.
Get over it. You lost.
I don't think you get it. My family didn't have a dog in that fight. It was long over by the time we got here.
No, I see what I see because I have the ability to see the issue objectively. In fact, I was taught that the Union fought the war to free the slaves, and Lincoln was a great hero.
What changed my mind about this is evidence. That letter from Lincoln was a great eye opener. It simply does not comport with what I had been taught. It blatantly contradicts it.
When you realize you've been lied to about one thing, you then look suspiciously at all the other things you've been told from the same source.
Can't, Because Lincoln may have killed the republic in body but the spirit lives on. Mostly down here. STFU