[Tripper]

Originally Posted by negative

Im not going to argue with you-but you have no idea what your talking about. Slavery wasnt an issue untill 1862. The Civil War started in 1861 when the South seceeded from the Union. The south suceeded because of states rights and taxes.

If you want to talk about slavery as the cause (even though taxes and states rights were) then what can you say. Are you talking about bleeding Kansas? Sure, this involved slavery a little, but it was mainly over the issue of who controlled the house and senate-salve or free states.

I really dont know what to tell you other than the fact that you are wrong.

I am not wrong. That's pathetic, and it's no way to argue. Go back to offtopic if you're going to pull that shit.

You're denying facts if you think the issue of slavery had no bearing at all on southern secession. I'm not saying it's the only issue at all, but you seem to think it has absolutely no relevance.....

The confederates didn't like northerners telling them what to do, in turn taking away their right to their "peculiar institution," a.k.a slavery. The abolition of slavery would hurt the southern cotton industry, which flourished after cotton gin was invented. The issue of slavery was part of the "states rights" that you were refering too.

I suggest you read up about your own countries history some more:
[url:1a481]http://www.swcivilwar.com/cw_causes.html[/url:1a481]