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[john9001]

england supported the confederacy because the south had cotton, england needed cotton for their mills,england inported cotton made it into  cloth to export, it had nothing to do with slavery, it was a money thing.

[lazs2]

If the only reason for the war between the states was slavery in the U.S. then the U.S. should have simply let the south secede as was their constitutional right..  as was stated.. the EP was given at a time when the North was sick of war and losing major battles and was threatened with england and other countries joining or helping the south.   It was given to invigorate the anti slave northerners to "stay the course".

Lincoln himself said that if keeping slavery would keep the union intact that he would have gladly allowed it.    It was never about slavery but always about the right of the states to secede from the union.

In any case... slavery was a loser.  If the south had been allowed to secede then slavery would have collapsed on it's own as a viable economic alternative within a few decades.   No viable, late 19th century country could exist using slavery.  

lazs

[68Hawk]

From The Simpsons, The Sweetest Apu:

Proctor: All right, here’s your last question. What was the cause of the Civil War?

Apu: Actually, there were numerous causes. Aside from the obvious schism between the abolitionists and the anti-abolitionists, there were economic factors, both domestic and inter–

Proctor: Wait, wait… just say slavery.

Apu: Slavery it is, sir.