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Re: Dispute #1: the Antebellum American ruling class



In a message dated 10/24/03 10:44:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
MLause@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
None of this indicates "dual power" and indicates that the Southern
faction had little serious rivalry before 1850 for national leadership.
And it was contented enough through the 1850s running things through
Northerners who held power through its good graces.

The reason that faciton opted to destroy the United States in 1860-61
was the election of the first president explicitly committed not to
cooperate with it.

Solidarity?
Mark L.


:-)


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