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#224
07-10-2015 | 09:19 PM
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#226
07-10-2015 | 09:38 PM
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No, it was a taxation issue between the North and South for shipping cotton to Britain. What happened was political negotiations broke down regarding the taxes to be instated to Britain on cotton to be shipped from the South. Hence the Union military presence at FT. Sumter. They were there to regulate what left the port.
#227
07-10-2015 | 10:22 PM
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No, it was a taxation issue between the North and South for shipping cotton to Britain. What happened was political negotiations broke down regarding the taxes to be instated to Britain on cotton to be shipped from the South. Hence the Union military presence at FT. Sumter. They were there to regulate what left the port.
#228
07-10-2015 | 10:35 PM
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No, they did not succeed at seceding from the Union.
Secession was a perfectly legal action, by the way.
Secession was a perfectly legal action, by the way.
#229
07-11-2015 | 09:00 AM
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An interesting question that unfortunately was not tested in the usual process. Good arguments on both side of the issue (based on the US Constitution as it existed in 1861). A fact of history is that Senator J. Davis, after the secession of his home state remained in DC for several weeks daring Lincoln to have him arrested and tried for treason. Lincoln, a lawyer as well, knew there was questionable legal support to force the departing states back into union, chose war.
#230
07-11-2015 | 10:05 AM
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