LBJ also probably gets my vote for worst, Doc.Just my .02
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Would the US have survived in any meaningful way if the Confederacy had seceded without interference? I don't think so.
Mr. White,Why do you think that? The remaining states in the union had almost all of the industry. The Confederacy was primarily an agrarian economy. Slavery would have died a natural death and the Confederacy would have begged to get back into the union. We are the only nation that fought a war to end slavery, everyone else managed to do it peacefully.
When you can show me the provision in the constitution that forbids a state from seceding I’ll say the war was justified. The fact is, there is no such provision in the constitution.
Lincoln was a tyrant. He did not go to war to free the slaves. As you stated, the emancipation proclamation only freed slaves in the rebel states. It had no effect on legally held slaves in the north.
Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, imprisoned his political opponents, effectively exiled a member of Congress to Canada, he advocated shipping the former slaves back to Africa even though by 1865 many were second and third generation Americans who had never set foot in Africa.
Please explain why the US would have ceased to exist if the state’s had been allowed to secede. What terrible things would have happened?
Just my .02
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What we need to do is stay calm, anticipate that third parties will register and post seditious material to justify shutting this site down, and REPORT THEM IMMEDIATELY.
Again, I know it feels like the Republic is lost. It may be. But for now, on this site, please for the love of God stay calm, speak rationally, and hope for .... better judgement from our leaders in the future.
The coming days and weeks (likely after the 20th) will be easier, but for now we need to be on the best possible behavior. Please. :)