alt.war.civil.usa

scribe7716 writes:

> On Feb 13, 9:10 am, Hugh Lawson wrote:
> > scribe7716 writes:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Speaking seriously, I thought serious students knew that secession was
> > a deliberately chosen action, and that deliberate choice was inherent
> > in what I did say.
>
> Hugh, you jumped directly from
>
> > > The states that formed the CSA seceded from the US because of a desire
> > > to protect slavery. �This is certainly true. �The secessionists made
> > > it clear in every way they could that they wanted to secede because
> > > slavery was at risk if they remained in the US. �Rational people don't
> > > argue about this.
>
> > > So the goal of protecting slavery was a purpose for secession and the
> > > formation of the CSA.
>
> to
>
> > > This does not account completely for the causation of the war though;
> > > the North could have negotiated a peaceful separation.
>
> with no mention of an intervening action. That omission was the
> curious incident of the Hugh in the night-time so I felt it necessary
> to point out that there was an intervening action.. secession.
>

Thanks for the explanation. I don't understand what you mean by an
intervening action.

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Hugh Lawson
hlawson@triad.rr.com