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May 3, 2017

Dear Mr. President,

In an interview, you had some questions about the Civil War. Namely, why it happened and couldn't be worked out. Well Sir, let me tell you. Half of our country believed that owning a person as property was wrong. The other half were those that owned the slaves. At the heart of the matter was the way people viewed blacks. To the Southern American, a black person was not a person at all. I'm not even sure if they were considered to be as high as livestock, but they were definitely treated like manure. All because of an uncontrollable factor that allowed them to survive in such sunny climates. By that, I mean the color of their skin. One side thought people were nothing more than objects to beat and work to death, and the other side respected the sanctity of life. Those were some very deeply held beliefs Sir, and it is always difficult to change a fundamental opinion.

As for Andrew Jackson being upset about the Civil War, he was dead by then. For 16 years in fact, so there's no way he could have heard anything about it. Besides that, President Jackson was a slave owner. That means that he would have been on the losing side. Mr. President, I hope that by supporting former President Andrew Jackson in the context of the Civil War, you are not advocating for slavery. That would not be good, for your soul or you r political career. I should also point out that men with big hearts are not responsible for things like the Trail of Tears or described as swashbucklers. Swashbuckler is a term generally reserved for pirates. Pirates raped and pillaged. They were not good role models. I'm not so sure Andrew Jackson is one either if you're talking about slavery, you know, the reason behind the Civil War.

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