Um, for the Conferderates it was all about Slavery. HTH.

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Post #342,526 by Another Scott 5/11/11 1:38:22 PM Reply	Um, for the Conferderates it was all about Slavery. HTH.
Post #342,533 by boxley 5/11/11 8:08:44 PM Reply	so it wasnt about slavery for the north, thank you Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #342,534 by Another Scott 5/11/11 8:12:00 PM Reply	The important word is "all". HTH.
Post #342,539 by rcareaga 5/11/11 10:43:03 PM Reply	You misunderstand boxley, A S There is no center to address. He has arrived at a kind of zenlike state, all koan all the time—or to switch hemispheres, a kind of platonic ideal of contrarianism. No countervailing argument can touch him: he will blithely contradict. I would despise marlowe for this, but box, I am becoming convinced, is an artiste. http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=teMlv3ripSM cordially,
Post #342,540 by Another Scott 5/11/11 10:50:39 PM Reply	:-) Ja, he's one of a kind. ;-)
Post #342,544 by boxley 5/12/11 7:33:05 AM Reply	cow or bull? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #342,559 by lincoln 5/12/11 8:10:51 PM Reply	Who ever said it wasn't? President Lincoln made it pretty clear that it was all about keeping the country in one piece and about eliminating slavery also. That, to the best of my knowledge, has never been in dispute. "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
Post #342,989 by mmoffitt 5/24/11 2:40:59 PM Reply	Swing and a miss. I think you're overplaying that "eliminating slavery also" stuff. But, you're entitled. You won the war, so you get to rewrite history. But, what did old Abe say himself? My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. A. Lincoln, Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862.

'The foolishness of Civil War reenactors' - (Ashton) - (29) - May 8, 2011, 02:58:09 PM EDT

The Victors always get to write the history books. - (mmoffitt) - (26) - May 9, 2011, 11:18:50 AM EDT

So you've finally decided to smoke dope, huh? - (rcareaga) - (21) - May 9, 2011, 04:20:49 PM EDT

naw, he gets it - (boxley) - May 9, 2011, 05:35:30 PM EDT

What Mississippi Said - (lincoln) - (2) - May 9, 2011, 08:33:26 PM EDT

so why did the valiant yankees wait - (boxley) - (1) - May 10, 2011, 07:27:55 AM EDT

It was only about slavery on one side - (mhuber) - May 12, 2011, 08:51:07 AM EDT

What Georgia Said - (lincoln) - May 9, 2011, 08:37:07 PM EDT

Constitution of the Confederate States of America - (lincoln) - May 9, 2011, 08:41:01 PM EDT

What North Carolina and the Constitution said. - (mmoffitt) - (14) - May 10, 2011, 09:15:00 AM EDT

So if North Carolina didn't mention slavery - (lincoln) - (13) - May 10, 2011, 07:30:07 PM EDT

what was your grade? - (boxley) - (12) - May 11, 2011, 08:09:46 AM EDT

Hmmm... - (Another Scott) - (11) - May 11, 2011, 09:47:42 AM EDT

emancipation proclaimation was in what year? - (boxley) - (10) - May 11, 2011, 10:59:20 AM EDT

It's in the linky. - (Another Scott) - (9) - May 11, 2011, 12:48:36 PM EDT

if its all about the slaves - (boxley) - (8) - May 11, 2011, 12:53:35 PM EDT

Um, for the Conferderates it was all about Slavery. HTH. -NT - (Another Scott) - (7) - May 11, 2011, 01:38:22 PM EDT

so it wasnt about slavery for the north, thank you -NT - (boxley) - (6) - May 11, 2011, 08:08:44 PM EDT

The important word is "all". HTH. -NT - (Another Scott) - (3) - May 11, 2011, 08:12:00 PM EDT

You misunderstand boxley, A S - (rcareaga) - (2) - May 11, 2011, 10:43:03 PM EDT

:-) Ja, he's one of a kind. ;-) -NT - (Another Scott) - May 11, 2011, 10:50:39 PM EDT

cow or bull? -NT - (boxley) - May 12, 2011, 07:33:05 AM EDT

Who ever said it wasn't? - (lincoln) - (1) - May 12, 2011, 08:10:51 PM EDT

Swing and a miss. - (mmoffitt) - May 24, 2011, 02:40:59 PM EDT

Current version - (mhuber) - (3) - May 10, 2011, 03:40:53 AM EDT

You and I are very close in our assessments. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - May 10, 2011, 09:45:08 AM EDT

In that vein, - (Ashton) - May 10, 2011, 10:15:24 PM EDT

Don't worry about my painful things - (mhuber) - May 12, 2011, 08:43:06 AM EDT

one economic viewpoint - (lincoln) - (1) - May 26, 2011, 08:28:32 PM EDT

Besides which ... - (drook) - May 27, 2011, 10:50:29 AM EDT

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