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To: Mr Ramsbotham

“That’s a pretty piece of rhetoric, but while the South went to war to preserve slavery, the North went to war to preserve the Union.”

Some say the North fought to preserve their ability to collect import taxes. Lincoln for example.


164 posted on 06/25/2018 5:32:27 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: jeffersondem
Some say the North fought to preserve their ability to collect import taxes. Lincoln for example.

Some say the ice caps are melting and that polar bears will soon be extinct.

179 posted on 06/25/2018 5:43:30 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: jeffersondem
Some say the North fought to preserve their ability to collect import taxes. Lincoln for example.

Oh really? Are you sure Lincoln didn't go to war to deliver the mail?

196 posted on 06/25/2018 5:58:50 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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