“The CSA’s Constitution codified Slavery. Jefferson Davis was positively outraged at Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation.”
You seem to forget that the SCOTUS ruled that slavery was legal in the Dred Scott decision. You may disagree with the ruling; but when the Constitution of the Confederacy was written, THAT was the law of the land.
As for President Jefferson Davis’s outrage, how would Lincoln have felt if Davis had issued a “shoot on sight” order against Lincoln.
Deo vindice
No, I don’t forget the dred scott case at all.
Irrelevant as it relates to the CSA, they left the Union, and as such the rulings of the Supremes were render moot.
“You seem to forget that the SCOTUS ruled that slavery was legal in the Dred Scott decision.”
Not exactly. They ruled that since there were no laws banning slavery in the south Dred Scott had to be returned to his owner. The question before the Supreme Court was not whether slavery was legal, but whether someone had the right to confiscate someone’s property by moving it across state lines. While one can argue on both sides of the case, one also has to recognize that SCOTUS was actually doing what SCOTUS should do, ruling on constitutional law, and not making moral decisions having nothing to do with the constitution.
Deo vindiced in 1865 at Appomattox.