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Originally Posted by SeattleUte
K-Dog, you should know me well enough to expect that I accept the Union perspective as gospel.
Here's a different, more interesting question. In terms of preserving the union, are the northern states any better off for having won the Civil War? Are they worse off? Clearly, the wealthiest, most educated, most productive parts of our country generally lie in the former Union states, and/or non-former slave states. I think the primary beneficiaries of the Civil War outcome were the slaves and the Confederate states. There's irony for you. The other states would be just as or more materially better off had the north just said so long southern states, or que sera sera. Which is what the London Times thought was the smart thing for them to do.
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That is an interesting question. I think the London Times had it correct. The benefit has been to the southern states which the northern states have carried ever since.