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William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
>
> When the southern military commanders took up arms against their
> government...that was a TREASONOUS act in my book.
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Jefferson Davis spent several years in prison after the war begging
to be released or put on trial for treason. I think it was seven years
before he was released without a trial. Why was he never tried? It is
believed that it was well known that the Supreme Court would have thrown
out a conviction. This would have been untenable in the North since then
there would have had to be an acknowledgemnt that the southern states
had had the right to end their ties to the union. Virginia had even in
their acceptance of the Constitution and the creation of the union had
stated that they were free to leave the union if they later desired.
They were accepted into the union on that basis and all other states
should legally have been in the same position. All of the states which
severed their ties with the union did so in a legal manner.
Though I completely agree with you that slavery is immoral and should
never have been permitted, as I have stated before, the "Civil War" was
not fought over slavery. That was the smokescreen that was used to
justify a war of agression whose purpose was to turn free states into
colonies of a federal government. The southern states have suffered for
over a century as a result.
>
> The Union was in the right to put an end to slavery. The South was in the
> wrong. The issue has been decided.
>
Slavery was wrong. There is no disagreement from me about that. (Though
I would not be surprized if the slaves were not economically better off
during the period prior to the "Civil War" then afterward. The
destruction of the war and the subsequent treatment of the south created
an economic situation which was hard for both races). However, when the
southern states entered the union they agreed to the creation of a
federal government with limited powers. That federal government was not
given the power to end slavery. Can you show me anywhere in the
Constitution where the federal government was given this power? Legally
the only way was through amendment. This was the only lawful way for the
federal government to end it. However, the states also could have
individually ended the practice within its area. Many southerners were
in favor of this. Many had already freed their slaves and the economic
justification of slavery was diminishing. As I have stated before, I
believe that slavery would have ended in the south within twenty or
thirty years if it had been left to the states. I believe that this
would have been preferable also because I believe that it was the moral
obligation of the people of these states to end it. If this had been the
case, I believe that the relationship between the races in both the
south and the north would have improved at a much faster pace.
best wishes, Howard Davis
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