Quote:They also said one reason was because the north was bleeding the south.  THEY ALSO SAID SO THEMSELVES.

 

Then maybe you can help me out here.   Here are the Articles of Secession of South Carolina, Georgia, Texas,Mississippi,and Virginia.  

 

http://www.civilwar.org/education/histor...auses.html

 

This is a direct source.   Those states wrote Articles of Secession to explain why they were seceding.   These are their own words. 

 

Tell me where you can find the word "tariff."   

 

How about "tax?"  

 

Then tell me how many times the word "slave" or "slavery" appears.   

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