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Did the Confederates commit treason?

Did the Confederates commit treason?

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Felis Leo said:
Yes, the leaders of the Confederate States committed treason against the United States by wishing to break away from the Union and using violent force with which to do so. But that is a separate question from whether one believes that treason was a correct act and if one sympathizes with it, or sympathizes with states being able to voluntarily separate from the Union. After all, the very founding of our nation was founded on an act of treason and rebellion against the Crown of England. Very few people here would truly consider that act treason a bad thing (except for those who hate the United States in general).
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Most American Politicians are TREASONOUS
 
concernedpuma said:
Oh. Well, yes and perhaps no. History seems to take an easy out on the real question. Once again, I repeat, slavery was an awful thing and I certainly am not defending that. But history is written by the victors nd I believe that slavery made killing each other a digestible high moral reason, rather than the sole fact. I still would put forward the idea that states rights were the real issue, however it was couched. Do you believe that secession is a states right? If not, why not?
Regards,
CP
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South Carolina explicitly rejected the crown jewel of the "states' rights" philosophy (state nullification of federal law) in its "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union." Also, they were pretty clear in there that slavery was the reason they were illegally seceding.

History was written pretty clearly by the losers, its their modern day apologists who refuse to acknowledge the horrible **** they themselves copped to.
 
theliq said:
What a Dreadful and Ignorant POST
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I didn't mean it to set you off, sorry it did. I was hoping some would enlighten rather than berate me. Maybe you would point out an inaccuracy. Sorry you find fact dreadful, but many leftist do. It isn't a progressive fairy tale, it is fact. Unless you can tell me where it's wrong. Maybe you could win a convert, if you put more time into reading and replying cogently.
Regards,
CP
 
Greenbeard said:
South Carolina explicitly rejected the crown jewel of the "states' rights" philosophy (state nullification of federal law) in its "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union." Also, they were pretty clear in there that slavery was the reason they were illegally seceding.

History was written pretty clearly by the losers, its their modern day apologists who refuse to acknowledge the horrible **** they themselves copped to.
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You had me till the*** thing. Surely you don't equate people who are sorry for the losses to the South after that war to bigotry? I admire the men who fought on both sides, and haven't a bigoted bone in my body.
Regards,
CP
 
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