[DiogenesLamp]

The war was just a continuation of the federalist vs anti federalist conflict . The civil war marked the end of the federal system in the us. We are essentially a unitary system of government now

I have always characterized it as the Hamiltonians against the Jeffersonians.

Very different philosophies regarding the proper role of government in the lives of it's citizens.

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

Exactly but we can’t have that discussion because the left has to link anti federalism with slavery

[Segovia]

Very good possibility! Just as today, the totalitarians hide behind “climate change”, it’s “all to save the planet”; then it was the “abomination” of slavery. Look up the laws in much of the northern territories, which forbade the entry of negroes.