LOL! You never change, do you?
To quote John Maynard Keyes, "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do sir?"
To which the corollary is, "when the facts don't change, why should I change my mind?"
Slavery could not have been abolished if the states had been allowed to express their own free will. You yourself said exactly this same thing earlier in the thread. Have you forgotten?
You clearly recognize the truth, even though you are loath to speak the truth on this matter. Had the Southern states not been coerced into agreeing, that amendment would never have passed.
But this begs the question of what is the purpose of getting the states consent when you are forcing them to consent by military pressure? The states become nothing but a sock puppet for the master of the Military, which is effectively what a Dictator is.
Of all the assaults on constitutional governance, using the threat of military force to compel states to pretend they acquiesce to something, is by far the worst abuse of power this nation has ever seen.