[WhiskeyPapa]

It seems a bit hypocritical of them to claim that they "devotedly cherish the constitution" out of one side of their mouth, while working against the Constitution out of the other.

Oddly, in the mid-18th century it was northern -- not southern -- states who were having their rights trampled by an over intrusive federal government. This can be seen by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act and the Dred Scott decision.

But laws that keep men in chains as chattel slaves should be opposed -- you agree with that, don't you?

The Dred Scott decision was not based on anything in the law or precedent and remains one of the worst Supreme Court rulings ever -- right up there with Roe v. Wade.

You are perilously close to making excuses for the slave power.

Walt

[rustbucket]

You are perilously close to making excuses for the slave power.

Thanks for the warning though I'm not sure how it follows from what I said. If I point out Northern hypocrisy then I'm for keeping men in chains? LOL.

In my view, unconstitutional Northern actions concerning fugitive slaves were one of the causes of the war. The South certainly considered them as such.