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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: [QB] General Burnside I think you meant to say Jason. [QUOTE]* Did a state prior to the Civil War have a right to leave the Union?[/QUOTE]There was, and still is, no Constitutional mechanism to deal with this issue. However, the Articles of Confederation states that the Union was a permanent thing, and the Peramble to the Constitutions referrs to a more perfect Union. It is clear that the concept of a union between the several states as written in the Constitution comes from the Articles of Confederation and should be a permanent institution. As such, leaving a Union so constituted would, I think, require more that the vote of the state wishing to leave. [QUOTE]* Was the reason for the war "State's Rights" or "Slavery"? [/QUOTE]There is no single reason for the American Civil War. Both of the above were underlying causes of huge importance. [QUOTE]* In light of Fort Pillow and other similar incidents, why does the North have the reputation of being the side of atrocity? [/QUOTE]The North never lacked for supplies or manpower and yet many Confederate prisioners of war needlessly died in Norhtnern prision camps because their basic needs were not met. The Union Army was an army of invasion and occupation and caused financial hardships by looting, freeing slaves, taking food and provisions, and burning Atlanta. [QUOTE]* Were the Confederate leaders traitors to the United States?[/QUOTE]Yes, they took up arms agains the constituted and legal government. But it turns out that Washington and others from the Revolutionary War were traitors as well because they took up arms against the constituted and legal government. Many in the south understood the connection and lauded it. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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