Black Confederates in the Civil War
On Nov 25, 9:08*am, Bret Cahill wrote:
* The idea of black Confederates appeals to present-day neo-
* Confederates, who are eager to find ways to defend the principles of
* the Confederate States of America. They say the Civil War was about
* states rights, and they wish to minimize the role of slavery in a
* vanished and romantic antebellum South.
Sure it was about "states rights". The right to oppress a minority and
enslave them. Where's the contradiction?
In any controversy between federal power vs states rights the Supreme
Court should go with states rights when it comes to individual
freedom, i.e.,
How do you get individual freedom with slavery?
Oregon's assisted suicide, and with federal power when
it comes to minority rights.
Jefferson, anticipating the Civil War, warned everyone on all sides to
try to avoid that controversy in the first place.
And, no, looneytarians, there is no "induhvidualist right" in the
constitution to not pay federal taxes.
Bret Cahill
"I've never heard anyone complain about provencial liberties."
"The greatest danger to democracy is the tyranny of the majority."
-- Tocqueville
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