[riverss]

I guess I’m a little shell shocked by never hearing about CA until now.

After reading the deal offered by the gov., Corwin Amendment, I just can’t for reasons yet understood ever again think the war was ever about slavery.

This should put an end to that slavery issue just on the face value of the Corwin Amendment.
Yet here we have the United States of America offering the South slaves forever, and.....we will fix it so it will last forever...for y’all.

The reason I get all up about this is my family could still be in bondage if it had passed. We made it up to sharecroppers, then freemen, O, and I’m white.

And my GGGF and 4 of his brothers fought in the war together.
3 were shot up, 1 killed, 1 sent home to take care of their momma who was left alone on the farm when the war started.

I know exactly why they fought, we were invaded., and we still tell the stories.
It wasn’t about slavery to them at all.

Now I’m starting to get a little p o’d over this whole issue.

[DoodleDawg]

After reading the deal offered by the gov., Corwin Amendment, I just can’t for reasons yet understood ever again think the war was ever about slavery.

By the time the Corwin amendment was passed seven Southern states had announced their secession and adopted a constitution that guaranteed slavery in every state and every territory the country might acquire, with no authority at any level to interfere with it, and no real chance that it could ever be done away with. Compare that with the Corwin amendment, which only guaranteed slavery in those states were it currently existed and ended any chance of it expanding, then why is it surprising that the Southern states were not tempted to rejoin? Why go back and accept limits to slavery when you can remain in your Confederacy and ensure unlimited slavery throughout your country forever?

[rockrr]

The north went to war to defend the union and won the slaves freedom in the bargain. The south went to war to defend slavery and lost everything in the bargain.

[rockrr]

After reading the deal offered by the gov., Corwin Amendment, I just can’t for reasons yet understood ever again think the war was ever about slavery.

I don't see why there would be any confusion. Despite all of the conciliatory tone and disgusting concessions the south still continued to agitate. They wanted what they wanted even if they didn't know what they wanted. Ultimately the south wanted to tear the nation apart and would accept nothing less than total anarchy.

More than a few of them just wanted to kill themselves some yankees.