well, the states rights idea was that the federal
government was the agent of the states. if your agent
is doing something not to your liking, what do you do?
you fire the agent. when accepting the constitution 3
states actually put in their ratification that they
reserved the right to secede. Virginia, rhode island
and another new england state were the ones. some of
the others assumed it. mass. was the first state to
threaten to secede. it was over a tax on rum that set
the threat off. the reason that jefferson davis,
robert e. lee and a few more confederate generals were
never put on trial was because a new york lawyer had
prepared to defend them and the victorious union
leaders knew there was a chance that the courts would
take away what they had just won on the battle field
by ruling that the states indeed had the right to
secede and therefore the generals were not committing
treason in fighting for their country. if you dig, you
can find history that contradict what is tought in
schools. remember the victors gets to decide what
verson of history is official. makes for interesting
reading if you like history. would be boring if you
don't.

--- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Mike!
>
>    Thanks - this morning I was trying really hard to
> remember the major
> issues - and to tie this alltogether - weren't the
> french suppose to help
> the south and then didn't? I am not up on the states
> right issues - would be
> happy to be enlightened. In a place where feds
> rule!! LOL   you get "fed"
> propoganda.
>
>                                            Trisha
>
>
> > Hi Trish,
> > The real reason for the civil war was not
> economics or slavery, the real
> > reason for the war was the issue of states rights
> and the federal
> > government.  We will have another civil war before
> too long, if Bush has
> > his way. He's already made me hopping mad by
> securing Sutton's
> > advancement to the appeals court.  I think Bush
> would've made an
> > excellent southern Democrat of the civil war era.
> The political
> > landscape has flipfloped from the civil war era.
> That may be the
> > reason behind the anti civil war feelings.  People
> don't like to be
> > reminded of the fact that the state's rights issue
> has been fought over
> > already.  =20
> > OKAY, I=92m GOING TO PUT ON MY ASBESTOS UNDERWEAR
> SO KEN CAN BLOWTORCH
> > ME!!!!!!!!!! .,lol :)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of Trisha Cummings
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 7:15 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: earthquake
> >
> > Hi Ken,
> >
> >   I was just making a funny. To be honest the
> Civil War and the
> > Confederacy
> > are history - you don't wipe out history. To this
> day we have Civil War
> > re-enactments, Civil War Monuments, National Parks
> made out of the
> > battlefields. This is a huge part of US history,
> and it should be
> > remembered
> > - boths sides. While thru the years - its hallmark
> has been ending
> > slavery -
> > the I believe was it based on economics - ending
> slavery was a small
> > part. I
> > think they are crazy to want to destroy that
> mountain art piece - it is
> > an
> > art piece, it represents history. I know here in
> Alexandria - in the
> > center
> > of town - we have a Confederate Soldier Statue and
> memeriol. I hear
> > rumblings about removing him! I get upset - it
> honors the soldiers -
> > they
> > died - they deserve to be remembered. History
> immotalizes the victors
> > but
> > the vanqished have the same story. They were they
> brave, they died for
> > their
> > beliefs, and they are someone's father. brother,
> son, mother, daughter,
> > sister, they can also be remembered because but
> for a twist of fate -
> > they
> > would be the victors.
> >
> >                   OOOPPPPPS - sorry I got long -
> Trisha
> >
> >
> > > actually the confederate flag was dunped a
> couple of
> > > years ago in a midnight session of the
> legislature.
> > > lots of complaints.  the new governor wanted to
> go
> > > back, let the people vote. i think he knew the
> > > majority would go back to the pre-1956 flag that
> had
> > > no confederate battle flag as part of it. it was
> not
> > > anti confederate since the klan and other groups
> had
> > > wheyleighed the flag for their purposes.
> > > once it was voted on then the issue hopefully
> would be
> > > put to bed altogether.
> > >
> > > if you want anti confederate, there is a group
> that
> > > wants to take the conferate memorial off of
> stone
> > > mountain.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > Probably caused by all the confederate
> soldiers
> > > > rolling over in their graves
> > > > - as Georgia is the state dropping the
> confederate
> > > > flag - Righ?
> > > >
> > > >                                    Trisha
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > the earthquake was 4.5. hey, maybe georgia
> will
> > > > fall
> > > > > in the atlantic before california falls into
> the
> > > > > pacific.
> > > > >
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