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ium taxes state corporate taxes state income taxes state park entrance fees state unemployment taxes suta tanning taxes a new obamacare tax on tanning services telephone 911 service taxes telephone federal excise taxes telephone federal universal service fee taxes telephone minimum usage surcharge taxes telephone state and local taxes telephone universal access taxes the alternative minimum tax tire recycling fees tire taxes tolls another form of taxation traffic fines indirect taxation use taxes out of state purchases etc utility taxes vehicle registration taxes waste management taxes water rights fees watercraft registration licensing fees well permit fees workers compensation taxes zoning permit fees republicans and democrats gave us this there is no one else to blame now do you understand why i m a libertarian danny bedwell posted by chuck demastus at 5 31 am 0 comments wednesday april 26 2023 harry browne quote the income tax is the biggest single intrusion suffered by the american people it forces every worker to be a bookkeeper to open his records to the government to explain his expenses to fear conviction for a harmless accounting error compliance wastes billions of dollars it penalizes savings and creates an enormous drag on the u s economy it is incompatible with a free society and we aren t libertarians if we tolerate it harry browne 1933 2006 american libertarian writer politician and free market investment analyst libertarian candidate for us president 1996 2000 source pamphlet harry browne why i m running for president 1995 posted by chuck demastus at 7 17 pm 0 comments thursday april 20 2023 various documents regarding fort sumter various documents regarding fort sumter enclosed are numerous documents and accounts regarding the attack on fort sumter within these pages there are doubtless redundancies and duplication but the important thing is that the documents all sourced are made available to those interested in the facts concerning the war of secession rather than the myths and lies to which the nation has been exposed since the end of the war why sumter is important after all the debate over the causes of the so called civil war has been exhausted there is always one charge made against the states of the south regarding that war to wit the south started the war by firing the first shot against the federally owned and held fort sumter in charleston harbor no matter what the original subject when those arguing the rightness of the union vs the wrongness of the confederacy the matter usually ends with this one particular charge to which most who defend the south seem unable to respond at least effectively enclosed within this pamphlet are many different articles essays and excerpts from books and other publications regarding the facts surrounding the attack on fort sumter some even state that the federal government had no right to sumter in the first place as well as the most serious charge that is that abraham lincoln s entire strategy depended upon south carolina firing on the fort and that absent what could and would be presented as an assault on the flag lincoln had no hope of preventing the secession of at least some of the southern states and the subsequent loss of revenue to the federal government given the general feelings in the north against any military response to secession however once that famous first shot had been fired as you will read in one account northern patriotism waxed into a fierce desire to punish the southern rebels of course nobody seemed to take into consideration though doubtless it was known in both sections that it is not who fires the first shot but who causes the first shot to be fired that starts a war the within pages clearly demonstrate that it was lincoln and his government who did indeed cause the firing of that first fatal shot table of contents 1 whose war 2 how we are avenging sumter 3 sumter summed up 4 william seward analyzes sumter 5 the attack on fort sumter an american fairy tale 6 lincoln launches his war against the confederacy 7 union ships sent to fort sumter 8 who owned fort sumter 9 south carolina takes back her fort 10 major anderson s actions at fort moultrie 11 buchanan s role in initiating war 12 an insignificant military engagement has horrific consequences 13 fort sumter from north carolina 14 lincoln has no right to a soldier in fort sumter 15 abner doubleday at fort sumter whose war by bob hurst a confederate journal article we have all become familiar with the concept of spin through the overexposure of expert talking heads on the 24 hour television news channels and the use of these same people on the older television networks spin takes place when a proponent of one viewpoint be it political environmental historical or whatever is asked for commentary relating to a certain topic and spins that commentary in such a way as to give credence hopefully to his or her own point of view while tearing down the viewpoint of anyone who has an opposite perspective i singled out television in the opening paragraph but of course spin is applicable to any type of information distribution system be it radio newspapers magazines the internet books including textbooks or whatever i began this month s column with a brief discussion of spin because i want to discuss an issue that has been subject to spin and not analysis except by a few for almost 150 years the topic i will elaborate upon is who started the great struggle of 1861 1865 between the states of the north and the states of the south there has been so much spin regarding that struggle that there are even different names by which the epic event is known the official name of the war by act of congress is the war between the states the generally accepted nomenclature for referencing the conflict is the civil war but this is an inaccurate description since a civil war occurs when two or more factions are fighting for control of a single government and the south was not fighting to control the north but merely to be independent from any governmental association with it that is why those southerners and i include myself among them who have not drunk the national kool aid prefer to refer to the conflict as the war for southern independence it would take an entire book or two or dozens to detail the background of events over many years which set the stage for the war many textbooks and many commentaries simplify the process by declaring that the south started the war apparently without provocation by firing on the union held fort sumter in charleston harbor and the american flag that was flying at the fort case closed right well not exactly by the time of the firing on fort sumter on april 12 1861 seven states had already seceded from the union it was the desire of these states south carolina mississippi florida alabama georgia louisiana and texas to leave the union in peace it was also the consensus of most northerners and northern newspapers that secession was a constitutional right an editorial in one newspaper the bangor daily union on november 12 1860 seemed to sum up this belief well when it stated union depends for its continuance on the free consent and will of the sovereign people of each state a state coerced to remain in the union is a subject province and can never be a co equal member of the american union a supreme court justice samuel nelson even advised the u s secretary of state that it would be a violation of the constitution if the president used coercion against any state so why then did the southern troops stationed in charleston fire upon fort sumter when public opinion in both the north and the south seemed to be on the side of the southern confederacy it all goes back to the purpose of fort sumter and that was the collection of tariffs from ships entering the harbor at charleston you see the great war of 1861 65 was fought like all wars for economic reasons abraham lincoln had been asked shortly after his inauguration why the southern states should not be allowed to leave the union in peace his response was a question let them go let them go then where would i get my revenues paraphrased lincoln knew that approximately 75 of federal revenues were collected at southern ports in the form of tariffs and charleston was a major collection point in early december of 1860 president james buchanan had signed an agreement with south carolina congressmen that forts moultrie and sumter would not be reinforced nor would they take aggressive action against charleston in return the forts would not be attacked by south carolina forces shortly after south carolina seceded on december 20 1860 major robert anderson moved his troops that were stationed at fort moultrie to fort sumter in an action that disturbed and puzzled the officials in charleston previous to this in early december of 1860 president elect abraham lincoln had instructed general winfield scott head of all federal forces to prepare a plan to hold or retake the forts after lincoln s inauguration on march 4 1861 despite the agreement signed by president buchanan unbeknownst to pres buchanan gen scott sent a ship on january 7 1861 with supplies and 200 concealed troops to reinforce fort sumter this ship the star of the west was turned back by fire from south carolina artillery batteries but it proved a major embarrassment to pres buchanan who wished to avoid war in early february a very aggressive attack plan was presented to again reinforce fort sumter pres buchanan would not agree to this plan and his cabinet agreed that such a plan would constitute an act of war and would be interpreted as such by the south on february 25 president jefferson davis of the confederacy sent a three man peace commission to washington to discuss many issues including the transition of fort sumter from union to confederate control abraham lincoln was inaugurated on march 4 1861 as president of the united states he refused to talk with the members of the peace commission who were still trying to make headway in washington lincoln also announced that tariffs would continue to be collected at fort sumter regardless of the secession of south carolina he also made it clear that unlike previous presidents he regarded secession to be illegal and was willing to use military force to prevent secession note this is the same lincoln who would later suspend habeas corpus and have thousands of northern civilians including newspaper publishers and even state legislators arrested and imprisoned certainly an interesting reading of the u s constitution the confederate peace commission had been meeting with several justices of the supreme court and secretary of state seward who had continually assured them that fort sumter would be evacuated despite this on march 9 lincoln proposed that fort sumter be reinforced his cabinet overwhelmingly opposed this action because it was believed that this would lead to war interestingly on march 3 jefferson davis had appointed general pierre g t beauregard as commander of confederate forces in charleston in one of those interesting anomalies that occurred throughout the war gen beauregard and major anderson the commander of fort sumter were good friends anderson had been an instructor of beauregard when the latter was a student at west point lincoln continued to attempt to persuade his cabinet to approve reinforcing fort sumter he failed again at a cabinet meeting on march 15 but finally was able to convince the cabinet to approve his plan on march 29 although the cabinet members knew it would lead to war on april 6 lincoln gave the order to reinforce fort sumter lincoln then started distributing stories to supportive northern newspapers that the federal troops at fort sumter were near starvation and in desperate need of provisions this was an outright lie that was refuted by the communications and records of major anderson himself additionally the merchants in charleston were daily selling foodstuffs to the garrison at fort sumter nonetheless lincoln s ploy worked and there was outrage in the north over the starving of troops at fort sumter he knew he would need northern public opinion behind him to engage in a war with the south lincoln then ordered a force of three warships to charleston to reinforce sumter with an estimated date of arrival of april 15 this action left president jefferson davis in a quandary through reports he was aware of all this activity by lincoln what he wanted to avoid was being goaded into a situation where the south fired the first shot which was exactly what lincoln wanted legally the aggressor in such an action is not necessarily the side firing the first shot but the side causing the first shot to be necessary regardless it would be a public opinion boost for lincoln s war plan if the south appeared to be the aggressor meanwhile gen beauregard was aware that a union fleet of warships was approaching charleston on april 9 he sent emissaries to fort sumter to demand surrender and evacuation of the facility his friend major anderson indicated that he was honor bound to resist at 4 30 a m on april 12 after sending word to the fort earlier that firing was about to begin the bombardment began i use the term bombardment but it was more like firing a shot across the bow during the entire period of shelling the fort some 30 odd hours there was not one single union casualty in fact the only casualty occurred when after the surrender of the fort the union forces were firing a salute as they lowered their flag and an ember fell into some gunpowder causing an explosion which resulted in one death and five injuries as a ship carrying union soldiers left the harbor to rendezvous with the force that had arrived confederate soldiers lined the beaches of sullivan s island and other areas around the harbor and removed their caps in a salute to the departing forces many of whom they had come to know despite the goodwill between the combatants lincoln now had what he wanted and the news of confederate firing on the american flag was quickly distributed to northern newspapers with the resulting fervor for punishing the south that was expected president jefferson davis later explained the situation the order for the sending of the fleet was a declaration of war the responsibility is on their shoulders not on ours despite the truthfulness of this logic the fact that the north won the war meant that they got to write the history of the conflict mr lincoln got the war he wanted and schoolchildren are taught that the war started because fort sumter was fired upon without provocation by southern forces how sad this article was used in part in the july august 2011 issue of the southern cavalry review under the heading of sumter summed up how we are avenging sumpter the old guard a monthly journal devoted to the principles of 1776 and 1787 volume ii no 1 january 1863 published in new york by c chauncey burr company no 119 the foll...