selective passages, leaving out the ones with SLAVERY in them, is intellectually dishonest
I wish to say only that I am deeply honored that you should post a link to someone else’s writing three gloriously drunken times in this forum. It is a sign of off-handed, uninterested bravery and I wish to congratulate you and ALL uninterested uneducated and most heroic parties in this bold endeavor.
Only 5 of the 13 Confederate States mentioned slavery issues in their Secession Ordinances, i.e., the return of fugitive slaves, slavery in the U.S. territories and Federal abolition. By leaving the voluntary Union, these States abandoned all claims regarding the first two and the issue of Federal abolition was entirely eliminated as a cause of war by Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address and the Corwin Amendment. The only issue of contention remaining was the 40% Federal sales tax on Southerners, which required a compulsory Union to collect.