[DiogenesLamp]

A rather idiotic suggestion, given the times. There were 15 slave states. If they had not ratified it would have taken 31 states voting to ratify. Do the math.

A point I make often. Slavery could not have been legally abolished if the states were allowed to vote on the issue without guns pointed at their heads. Lincoln got around that constitutional challenge by pointing guns at their heads and demanding they vote as they were commanded to vote.

[DoodleDawg]

Slavery could not have been legally abolished if the states were allowed to vote on the issue without guns pointed at their heads. Lincoln got around that constitutional challenge by pointing guns at their heads and demanding they vote as they were commanded to vote.

LOL! You never change, do you?