The only “states rights” the slavers cared about was owning other human beings. When given the chance they constructed a republic identical to the one they rebelled against - with the singular exception that it enshrined slavery for all time.
I agree.
‘’- with the singular exception that it enshrined slavery forever.’’ It sure did. Barely a paragraph into The Confederate Constitution it clearly says so.
Come, come. You're forgetting that critical provision of limiting the President to a single six year term.
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You do know that 70 to 80% of confederate soldiers did not even own slaves? And you do know that the Confederate Constitution actually bans the slave trade, right? You do also know that General Lee and others were in favor of enlisting blacks in the Confederate army in exchange for their freedom (like General Washington did)? And also, if slavery and state’s rights are the same thing, then why even secede at all? Lincoln said in his inaugural address that “I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.” Why do you secede and fight a costly war to win something you already have or to protect something that does not need protection? Illogical.