joefromchicago wrote:Southerngrl, let's compare what you wrote with what you're now saying.
SG then: "...here is documented proof (you can research yourself) that the war was not fought over slavery...at all."
SG now: "So? It has no bearing on whether or not the war was fought over slavery."
Comment: You offered the Corwin Amendment as evidence that the war was not fought over slavery. Then, when you were shown that your facts were all wrong, you said it didn't matter. Look, southerngrl, either get your facts straight or stop offering them as proof of anything.
Boy, you are pretty good. You know that my point is that the war was NOT fought for over slavery. Then you made a point about "WHO" proposed the Corwin Agreement...my response was that it didn't matter who or when...the fact was that the South was offered by the North (the Union) to keep their slaves if they would return to the Union, PRIOR TO THE FIRST SHOT AT FT. SUMTER. You still cannot explain how it was fought over slavery when if it were, we never would have fired the shot in April, when offered the chance to keep them in March!! Don't try to confuse the issue. Keep it simple, would ya?
Without copying all that crap...here it is in laymans terms. In March, 1961, the South was offered the option of keeping their slaves IF they would return to the union or avoid the inevitable. They refused, because it was NOT what they were fighting for. In April, 1961, we were forced to fire the shot because nothing was offered to us as far as states rights, limited federal government, or the 47% tariffs the North wanted to impose on our goods. Please, please...stop writing books on a subject that is very simple to understand. If you don't want to admit it, fine...my brain hurts, because it's so simple.
