Reflections on the Loss of the Free-Born American Nation

The debate over centralization of federal power versus maintaining the independent powers of the states began before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but remained a core issue on the eve of the Civil War. Mr. Dowless shows that a major reason why the North provoked this war was to knock out the economic base supporting the representative body calling for the checks on currency, which was mainly in the South. The urge to war was fueled first by making an appeal to emotion via incen