I don’t know....one of the dozens of books I’ve read about the civil war. But it shouldn’t be too difficult to put Stephens and his quote in a search engine and have something pop up.
If you had taken the time to look up Stephens’ speech, you would have found that it came from the recollections of someone that was quoted and then printed by a newspaper...not a primary source and nothing more than one opinion.
You entered this thread claiming:
Well, good luck. On one of these CW threads years ago I made reference to the Ordinances of Secession trying to convince the diehards(sp) why the Southern states seceded.(Not possible from that limited information.)
Every OOS made it plain slavery was the main reason they were seceding.(Not true as admitted by you and Bubba)
And for good measure I'd throw in Confederate Veep Alexander Stephens’s quote about slavery being “the cornerstone of the Confederacy.” All to no avail.(Of course you had no effect since you were presenting limited and incorrect information.)
Basically it's banging your head against a brick wall trying to convince the diehards(sp).
The reason you think you are “banging your head” is that you are quoting incorrectly and deriving conclusions that are not based on the limited facts you think you have.
Let's see if you are the die hard or do some research.