On Jul 15, 4:33 am, Atlanta Cardfan <u... DeleteThis @example.net> wrote:
> > If you're interested in what people were saying _at the time_ I'd
> > suggest checking out Jim Epperson's site.
>
> >http://members.aol.com/jfepperson/causes.html
>
> > Not only has he collected links to the formal seccession resolutions,
> > but he's got other interesting quotes. Among them:
>
> > Richmond Enquirer, 1856: "Democratic liberty exists solely because we
> > have
> > slaves . . . freedom is not possible without slavery."
>
> > Atlanta Confederacy, 1860: "We regard every man in our midst an enemy
> > to
> > the institutions of the South, who does not boldly declare that he
> > believes
> > African slavery to be a social, moral, and political blessing."
> > (This quote I believe sums up the cause of seccession better than
> > anything else. The South pulled a collective hissy fit because
> > a man who did not approve of slavery was elected.)
>
> If this is so, why did only seven states secede before the "firing
> upon Ft. Sumter?"
All had started the process to secession by then.
Prompted by nothing more than the election of a man who did
not approve of slavery -- but who had repeatedly pledged to
do nothing about it.
Indeed how could he? There was no chance of getting any
form of anti-slavery legislation through the Senate.
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