On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 16:10:33 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 4/18/2016 12:36 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:23:10 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:



According to you and BOA, there was only *one* reason for the Civil War
... slavery.


Lincoln didn't say that at all, in fact if he tried to raise an army
over slavery it would have been a very short war.


As someone (maybe it was you) previously stated ... the Civil War was
fought primarily to preserve the nation by preventing the 11 states of
the Confederacy from seceding.

Lincoln even considered allowing slavery to
continue in some states if it would end the war. There were many
reasons for the Civil War including concern of an overly intrusive
Federal government. The newly hatched Republicans were anti-slavery
and Lincoln felt compelled to push the agenda but he was also conflicted
about many of the issues. In the Lincoln/Douglas debates he
acknowledged that although the Constitution declared that all men are
created equal, he argued that blacks were not entitled to have the same
rights as whites across the board. He also promoted colonization
(shipping all blacks out of the country) as a means of resolving the
slave issue.

To me, it's just nice that all you folks are wishing me a 'Happy Birthday'!
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