OK, then tell us. What property did the South go to war to protect if not their slaves? Quotes from the period, please.
And please, as the documentarian extraordinaire, please document for us that there are NO OTHER quotes from these fine people — at all — anywhere — that would suggest that they never gave any OTHER reasons given for their motivations.
I'm not aware of any made prior to or during the rebellion. You got any quotes from any of them?
No. Stick with what YOU introduced. Prove to me and everyone else that slaves were the ONLY property he was referring to. Hell, prove that slaves were even PART of what he was referring to. I am not chasing YOUR stupid rabbit. It’s your quoted material. YOU prove that it means what the ADDED word makes it mean or drop it.
“I’m not aware of any made prior to or during the rebellion. You got any quotes from any of them?”
Nope. Don’t have to. The point stands. Common sense tells me these folks made many statements. Unless you can prove that they never said anything else in reference to the cause of the war, you can not claim that slavery was the ONLY reason, in their minds, for the war. But please, go ahead and try.