I gather the principle you are referring to "the consent of the governed." It should be obvious that the slavemasters, both in their deification of slavery and in attempting to overthrow the regime of 1776, were not much interested in the consent of the governed.
It was not the Republicans who brought us unlimited government, it was the Democrats. The Republican period 1861-1933 was in fact a time of very limited government, although, of course, you might disagree if you are a Klansman. In contrast, it is the Democrat ascendancy since 1933 which has brought in unlimited government.
Did you go to the northern government schools? As the victor, the North did get to write the history, or, historical myths. The South did not fight for slaves. Lincoln did not send 75,000 troops to Southern soil to kill brothers for slaves. The South could not survive the punishing tariffs the were forced to pay in order to prop up the North. Lincoln’s party needed those tariffs. Eventually he used the slave issue to gain support for the unpopular war- unpopular in the North. Do you have any idea how many in the South even owned slaves at the time of the Invasion From the North? Do you know what States owned ALL the slave ships and perpetuated that stain on humanity? You are proving yourself to be an ignorant bigot.
In the spirit of comity that fills us all on Free Republic, I think I will overlook your trying to raise the old "Klansman" canard and treat your remarks seriously. Besides, you seem to have swerved into the truth.
The unbridled growth of Federal power has been promulgated by both national parties. That's the point. That is why it is so important to restore the Constitutional balance by repealing the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th Amendments as a starting point to restoring the Sovereignty of the States.