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[_] Anon 2824674
>> [_] Anon 2824721 >Somalian leader, standing by.
>> [_] Anon 2824790 Well, in your defense, if I had to live in a geographic equivalent of an abortion like the south, I'd probably want to kidnap people and make them do all my work for me too.

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[_] Anon 2823660 GeneralJ.B.Gordonremarkedafterthewar:“No .Wedidnotwantwarandwedidnotinaugurateit.A llweaskedwastobeletalone.ButtheNorth,whic hhadbecomemorepopulousandpowerfulthantheS outh,determinedtopreservehercommercialint erests,hencethewar.”GeneralJubalEarlyrema rkedalso:“ThepeopleoftheUnitedStateswillf indthatunderthepretenseofsavingthelifeoft heNationandupholdingtheoldflag,theyhavesu rrenderedtheirownlibertiesintothehandsoft hatworstofalltyrants,abodyofsenselessfana tics.”GeneralU.S.Grantwhoretainedhisslave suntilDecember1866,said:“ShouldIbecomecon vincedthattheobjectoftheGovernmentistoexe cutethewishesoftheabolitionists,Ipledgeyo umyhonorasamanandsoldierIwouldresignmycom missionandcarrymyswordtotheotherside.”Int erestingly,theGovernorofN.J.,JoelParkersa idin1863,“Slaveryisnomorethecauseofthiswa rthangoldisthecauseof robbery.” Finally, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution on July 23, 1861: “The war is waged by the Government of the United States, not in the spirit of conquest or subjugation, nor for the purpose of interfering with the rights or institutions of the States, but to defend and protect the Union.”