[PeaRidge]

Well, let's begin by pointing out that the first two sentences of your post #194, which are intended to be premises for your next statement, are in reality only part of the vocabulary of those two men, and have nothing to do with your third statement.

That bit of logical legerdemain would be impressive, if there were any truth to it.

Insofar as you ask for something or someone to "perfectly express the conventional wisdom in the South", see the following: here

[rockrr]

As to the link provided, I wonder how long it took them to copy/paste the US Constitution (with the notable addition of the perpetual right to own other human beings) onto an otherwise blank page?

Now there was some “conventional wisdom” LOL

[Sherman Logan]

the first two sentences of your post #194, ... are in reality only part of the vocabulary of those two men

No doubt. I don't know of any human who could be totally categorized in a single sentence. However, I was not addressing the totality of these men, only their respective attitudes towards the institution of slavery. Would you mind pointing out where I was inaccurate in either sentence?

The South was extremely clear that it seceded because Lincoln was elected. Since he had not been inaugurated when the CSA was formed, it obviously wasn't any action he had taken as President, but more because of what southerners thought his attitudes towards slavery would be.

Do you disagree?