Presidential Leadership caused the Civil War

[ole]

You've kinda effed up my edit, Blue. I only get to do one daily. But you did manage to bring the thread back on topic. So it stands.

ole

[ole]

I do not want to see references to Kennedy or Bush or Carter or any contemporary in this thread. This sort of thing goes into Campfire Chat where anything goes. It does not go here. You want to trash Lincoln, that's fine.You want to trash Bush. Take it somewhere else. One way or another, we will stay on topic.

ole

[unionblue]

Originally Posted by ole

I do not want to see references to Kennedy or Bush or Carter or any contemporary in this thread. This sort of thing goes into Campfire Chat where anything goes. It does not go here. You want to trash Lincoln, that's fine.You want to trash Bush. Take it somewhere else. One way or another, we will stay on topic.

ole

Understood.

Unionblue

[ole]

Rather liked the sermon, Blue, but I'll guess that you have a good handlle on what's best.

ole

[5fish]

Originally Posted by DJ Psychomike

War was looking like a strong possibility from 1850 to 1853, so I think the Fugitive Slave Act actually delayed war by 13 years.

Thanks to Millard Filmore.

Whom it turns out, did NOT put the bathtub in The White House. I liked that legend!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_hoax

In your argument the question is:

Did the Fugitive Slave Act delay the inevitable march toward war or did cause the inevitability of war?

I think you might find it was the latter.....