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FLT-bird: "They were not blind to what was happening in the rest of the world.
That is not what Georgia said by the way.
That is Alexander Stephens."

Ha! You're off by about 400 miles -- the distance from Atlanta to Jackson, Mississippi.

"A Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal Union."

"Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world.
Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth.
These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun.
These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization.
That blow has been long aimed at the institution, and was at the point of reaching its consummation.
There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union, whose principles had been subverted to work out our ruin."

So, yes Virginia, it was "all about slavery".

I really don’t understand how these lost causers can disregard what the secessionist wrote for themselves. They must believe the confederate leaders were lying through their teeth. Or so fixated on their own conclusion they disregard all evidence to the contrary. I really think if you could send Diogenes Lamp back to the South Carolina secessionist convention he would argue with them that slavery isn’t the real reason they are seceding! He would be laughed out of there, and perhaps tarred and feathered, the whole time screeching about tariffs.

We’ve gone down this road hundreds if not thousands of times before. I am not going to waste my time with your responding to respond posts in which you endlessly spew your ignorant and false PC Revisionist drivel. I will just continue to laugh at your ridiculous lies and your pathetic obsession.

18th attempt.