The most accurate answer to libtard demojeff's red herring of a question is "The North went to war to save the Union and eventually added freeing the slaves as a mission parameter". Please allow me to spare you the nuisance of having to bother with him.
Yes, slavery was an affliction that predates the formation of our nation. No, slavery is not "enshrined" in the US Constitution. There is only an oblique reference to "Person held to Service or Labour". No, the North was not fighting to violently overthrow the United States Constitution. To suggest so is utterly moronic.
Cheers!
I encourage you not to be offended by my good friend Brother Rockrr giving you guidance on what to think and what to write. It wasn't really a rebuke of your earlier post - just his wisdom based on bitter experience.
After early reversals in the eastern theater and the first couple of hundred thousand casualties, President Lincoln's first inaugural address explanation for war (collecting taxes) no longer satisfied.
Then magic happened. The war took on a high moral purpose: as He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free.
President Lincoln announced slavery in the Confederate States had become ungodly, but that slavery in the United States would remain godly.
Therefore, troops from the Union slave state of Delaware fought in the Confederate slave state of North Carolina “to free the slaves.”
Troops from the Union slave state of West Virginia fought in the Confederate slave state of Virginia “to free the slaves.”
Troops from the Union slave state of Maryland fought in the Confederate slave state of South Carolina “to free the slaves.”
Troops from the Union slave state of Kentucky fought in the Confederate slave state of Tennessee “to free the slaves.”
And so forth and so on.
Thanks and well said.