Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Print this Page [1-1] of 1Posts from surrounded, in Connecticutsurrounded, in Connecticut 2Reply surrounded, in Connecticut 9/6/11 re: Texas Declaration of Independence quote Waffler, stop drinking the public school kool aid. The civil war was NOT fought over slavery, it was fought over states rights. Slavery was, and is, wrong but the federal government does not have the constitutional authority to control legislation in the the states. Texas, and the other southern states left the union exactly because of the principles set out in this document. SaveOk2 Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print