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is a war that was caused by the fact that slaves, making up a whole 1/8 of the entire population in the south, constituted a peculiar and powerful interest which threatened entrenched white interests.

One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.-- March 4, 1865 Inaugural Address

is purely about the northern desire for economic control of the southern states. Slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal this.

The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control of the Southern states. Charles Dickens

is a momentous evil, so needs momentous and solemn justification.

Civil war is a momentous eviL * * • Civil war needs momentous and solemn justification.

is not ended: It's worth questioning whether any serious civil war ever does end.

The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.

is the same thing as a revolutionary war but the civil war is what it is called when it is won by the old nation while a revolution is what it's called when the new nation wins.

is, in fact, any war at all --- all wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers...

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers...

is not all bad; at least you can eat your meals at home

The nice thing about civi1 war is that you can go eat at home.

civil war, n.All

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