[BroJoeK]

jeffersondem: "I had never read this before.
If I had I would have posted it earlier.
It is certainly a repudiation of the activities of the northern states in the years leading up to Lincoln’s Jefferson Davis' decision to go to war against the southern United states."

(there, fixed it)

That is in reference to jeffersondem quoting George Washington: "...The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government."

We should take note of what our FRiend, jeffersondem, is actually saying here.
He's taking same the position as 1861 Slave-Power Fire Eaters, in their Reasons for Secession: that Northern states were not doing enough to enforce the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law.

And this is a first -- I've never before seen a Lost-Causer argue that Northern states were wrong not to return runaway slaves!
I didn't think any of them had the guts to say it, though am pretty sure many of them believe it.

So, it's an official first (to my knowledge): a Lost Causer actually defending slavery!

[rockrr]

So, it's an official first (to my knowledge): a Lost Causer actually defending slavery!

They do more than is readily apparent - although usually they do so a bit more obliquely.