[higgmeister]

Not at all. Wasn't it much worse that in 1787 there was no need to make a statement about slavery because it was understood by all the delegates at the time. Understanding a few delegates did hope for an antislavery clause.

As I wrote above, the United States was a slave nation for 92 years. The CSA was for four years.

You act like I am defending slavery with my comments. I am only looking for some wisdom and understand of the issues at the time. It seems easy for some shortsighted people to look back over 150 years and apply our modern mores and attitudes to long dead ancestors. It seems shallow and foolish to me.

[wastoute]

The thought I come back to again and again is “Would the 18 year old who shares my name and is buried at Gettysburg consider, at this point, was his sacrifice ‘worth it’”?