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Man Born in 1846 Talks About the 1860s and Fighting in the Civil War - Restored Audio..sounds like today IMO
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<blockquote data-quote="rhart" data-source="post: 3841986" data-attributes="member: 16596"><p>There was also a bit of political posturing going on in talking about slavery (in the four Declarations that mentioned slavery) in that it made Lincoln’s attempts to raise troops seem to be for a war over slavery. The ploy almost worked as Northern newspapers and even members of Lincoln’s own cabinet were calling for him to “just let the South go.” Northerners wanted nothing to do with a war over slavery. Lincoln had to exclaim loudly and often that allowing the South to secede meant <strong>economic ruin for the North -</strong> <strong>It was about revenue and not slavery Lincoln repeated.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rhart, post: 3841986, member: 16596"] There was also a bit of political posturing going on in talking about slavery (in the four Declarations that mentioned slavery) in that it made Lincoln’s attempts to raise troops seem to be for a war over slavery. The ploy almost worked as Northern newspapers and even members of Lincoln’s own cabinet were calling for him to “just let the South go.” Northerners wanted nothing to do with a war over slavery. Lincoln had to exclaim loudly and often that allowing the South to secede meant [B]economic ruin for the North -[/B] [B]It was about revenue and not slavery Lincoln repeated.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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