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As I recall democracy did fail to settle both of these questions and instead they were settled by force of arms.
by emodendroket 3y ago
As I recall democracy did fail to settle both of these questions and instead they were settled by force of arms.
- rightbyte 3y agoI guess the point I am trying to make is that the "out group" would have been abolitionists in the 1700s. I also didn't say that a democracy can't fail.
- emodendroket 3y agoThat kind of depended where you where. In Pennsylvania among the Quakers not necessarily. But antebellum history can easily be viewed as a long, unsuccessful attempt to settle this question democratically at a national level.
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