Again, morality is the same, whether it’s 1861 or 1865 or 2015.
It’s wrong to enslave your fellow man.
It is wrong to rebel against legitimate governmental authority without an overriding moral basis.
And it is wrong to strip the sovereign People of the United States of their national territory, without their consent.
Again, according to the law, it isn't. If you think we had "gay marriage" in 1776, you are a loon.
Slavery was legal in the Union until 1865.
It’s wrong to enslave your fellow man.
Yes, please tell us that again, because some of us are unclear on the point. How about a few hundred more times?
But it was legal in 1864. It was legal under the Union flag for 89 years. It built the White House, and other government buildings in Washington.
It is wrong to rebel against legitimate governmental authority without an overriding moral basis.
It is wrong to attempt to impose your own moral conditions on the right to independence for others. You are just like the Homosexuals who want to force acceptance of what they believe, and want to criminalize anyone who believes differently.
In another thread, a brilliant Freeper wrote:
In terms of human bondage, it is my understanding the Confederates were fighting to preserve the Confederate constitution which permitted the peculiar institution.
And the federals were fighting to preserve the U. S. Constitution which permitted the peculiar institution.
Did you know both sides were fighting for constitutional governments that permitted human bondage?