[jeffersondem]

“No (having slaves did not disqualify the South from seeking independence), being incapable of making the legal argument to break the agreed upon framework disqualified them.”

Why then the long slavery philippic in your post 184, and the subsequent reference to the superiority of whites? Why mention those things if they were not disqualifying?

[ConservativeMind]

Why then the long slavery philippic in your post 184, and the subsequent reference to the superiority of whites? Why mention those things if they were not disqualifying?

It shows the corrupt motive and heart of the CSA as not being the noble reasons you believe.

Even sick people have a right to be wrong and still be allowed due process, a due process all the states formally agreed upon and had to abide by.