That’s my point.
I love these arguments because as soon as CSA supporters admit that slavery was wrong, and that it should have been abolished they know their arguments are lost.
It simply amazes me that none of these Rebs can make the words come out of their mouths.
Mass abolished slavery, as had several other US states. I agree it was a states rights issue—but that is not my point. I just wish that folks could admit that holding folks in bondage was wrong—whether the state allowed it or not.
How so? All the states agreed to allowing the practice of slavery when the US Constitution was ratified. If the terms of that agreement need to change, then it needs to be done by the process of amendment. The idea that a general public agreement that something is wrong enumerates a power of the national govenment to fix it is dead nuts wrong, and needs to be stomped on.
IMHO