It is tiresome to read letters in the Arizona Republic claiming that the American Civil War wasn't about slavery. The secessionists have been claiming that since day one. The reaction to their states' rights claims at the time is summed up nicely by an old Irishman's response during an 1861 session of New York City's city council:
"BALL SHEET! ... This trouble is all about them Southerners and their darkies!"
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