[DiogenesLamp]

They compromised away the unalienable rights of their fellow man. They knew it. They did it anyway out of political expedience, because of the strident demands of the slave masters of the South.

Without who's support they could have never made it work anyways. So they made a devil's bargain, and then cheated.

That sound about right?

And the grandchildren of both sides paid the price for it in blood.

Not for slavery. For daring to think they could be free and independent while a Fanatic who thought otherwise was intent on sending the biggest army on the continent to stop them from leaving.

Once again, he wasn't going to stop them from slaving, just from leaving. After they put up such a vicious fight, he decided to go further, but it certainly wasn't his intention when he started the fight.

[EternalVigilance]

Not for slavery.

You've gone back around the circle.

But you can't fool me. Again, I've read the secession docs, all of them. The those who seceded made it abundantly clear that it was for slavery.