->> Slavery was an issue the Framers of the Constitution deliberately   
   ->> put off, as it was too divisive.  Unfortunately, no peaceful solution   
   ->> was able to be found, with the result being a war pitting fathers   
   ->> against sons, and brothers against brothers.  A tragedy for us all.   
      
    FS> The Founding Fathers ('scuse the non-politically-correct   
    FS> term) did not mention slavery in the constitution since   
    FS> they assumed it would vanish of its own accord.  And it   
    FS> probably would have.   
      
    Probably not.   
      
    FS> After all, Political Correctness did   
    FS> not arise because of the Emancipation Proclamation -- it   
    FS> was a natural outgrowth of the mess Lyndon Johnson made of   
    FS> his presidency.   
      
    If it wasn't for the Vietnam War history would record LBJ as a   
    great president.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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