Nikki Haley, What was the Civil War about: A Theory

 Nikki Haley was asked the question, what was the civil war about and was admonished because her response didn't mention slavery at all.  Well the Civil War was about slavery but not in the way you might think...

So war was inevitable between the North and South mainly because the South didn't like to be dictated to by the North.  England was set to aide the South by providing arms and troops, however this is where Lincoln made a masterful decision to free the slaves in the North.  This was a key decision because the Queen had already freed the blacks under her dominion, therefore she couldn't aid the South because they still had slaves.

In 1861 Engand declared itself neutral in the conflict, So what changed, well the south threatened to withhold cotton and tobacco from England if they didn't help them by providing troops and munitions.   

If Lincoln wanted to free the slaves why did he wait until 1863 to emancipate them(two years after the war started)[Revelation 6:15]?  How could the Civil war be about slavery, when the slaves were freed after it started.  The decision to free the slaves is what won the war but isn't why the war started.  The timing was based upon England wanting to aid the south(mainly because the south was withholding cotton and tobacco from being exported to England), so Lincoln freed the slaves as soon as he heard about the south potentially teaming up with England; this is the decision that won the war, because the South didn't have the resources to continue fighting and without the aide from England, they were doomed...

So I believe that Nikki Haley's assessment was more right than wrong...

So what was the war about if not for slavery?  Well it was about state's rights to govern themselves; we see this being played out even today with the Federal government outlawing the use of marijuana and the states allowing it.  We see the federal government banning abortion and states allowing it....The civil war was about the states not wanting to be dictated too...

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