[RegulatorCountry]

OK, so had the South won would the slogan be "government of 2/3rds of the people, by 2/3rds of the people, for 2/3rds of the people?"

Well, well ... aren't you just a ball of confusion this morning. You do know who insisted upon that whole 2/3 thing, don't you? (Hint: it wasn't southerners)

[LexBaird]

You do know who insisted upon that whole 2/3 thing, don't you? (Hint: it wasn't southerners)

Ummm. You think it was the Northerners who insisted on keeping 1/3 of the South's population in bondage? I think you are confusing NS's point about the Southern population free/slave ratio with the 3/5th clause in the Constitution.

[Non-Sequitur]

Well, well ... aren't you just a ball of confusion this morning. You do know who insisted upon that whole 2/3 thing, don't you? (Hint: it wasn't southerners)

No, it was the North. And before you apply any sort of noble purpose to the Southern desire to have each slave counted as a whole person, their sole reason was to increase their disproportionate representation in Congress. Slaves didn't vote and didn't have any rights. In the South they were property, not people. It was highly hypocritical of the Southern leadership to demand they be counted as such for crass political purposes. The 3/5ths limit was a compromise. Considering their status they probably shouldn't have been counted at all.

You'll also notice that the South kept the 3/5th clause in their own constitution. I guess they decided it wasn't that bad, huh?

[Islander7]

OK, so had the South won would the slogan be "government of 2/3rds of the people, by 2/3rds of the people, for 2/3rds of the people?"

Well, well ... aren't you just a ball of confusion this morning. You do know who insisted upon that whole 2/3 thing, don't you? (Hint: it wasn't southerners)...

The 2/3 personage for blacks was insisted upon by Northern politicians to balance the census so the South would not be over represented it the congress diluting Northern power. So there!!

Heck, Lincoln had no desire to free the slaves until late in the war. He wanted to save the Union.

My ancestors fought on both sides that war and on both sides of the American revolution. In fact, my bloodline arrived on this continent long before the was a USA.