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"Hon. Martin J. Crawford of Georgia – 6-8"

We will likely see Georgia Democrat Congressman Crawford again, as a diplomat, a soldier and finally a judge.
In 1860 he is 40 years old, will live to be 63.

Here we see Crawford explain the change in Southern attitudes towards slavery since the time of the Founders:

"As I said before, South Carolina and other states early moved in this matter; but today we stand in a different position, and our opinions of slavery are different from what they were then.
Then it was the custom of our private and our public men to excuse themselves for its

existence among them, but the 'Abolition' movements, from 1820 to this time, have caused investigation and discussion of the subject until it is stronger in the South than ever before; and although its enemies have increased, it never had so many friends as at this time.
No Southern man condemns it as evil, either moral or political; and so far from apologizing for it here now, as our Representatives did in 1820, we stand here its advocates and defenders.
Moreover, we say to you in the North, who advocate the doctrines advanced both here and in another place, that if it means war between the States and Territories for free labor or slave labor -- 'that all must be free or all must be slave' -- you but hasten the day when, upon the plains of Arizona, and the territory south of us, even to Central America, you will find the South equal to the necessity which you have imposed upon her, and a perpetuation of slavery, which time itself can scarcely compute.

The question, therefore, rests with the North.
Let us alone, and we are content; if we are driven to the importation of African laborers it will be your fault not ours."

And so we see your typical Democrat, then as now, defending the indefensible by: no apology, no back-down, blame "the North" and threaten war.

References to Arizona and Central America are the Confederate "Golden Circle" slave empire:

Nice find. This is why I say the south doubled down on stupid. While the rest of the western world was moving to get rid of slavery the south didn’t, and in fact, started arguing that it was good.

As Crawford explains at the beginning of this nation the vast majority of people, even slave owners, realized slavery was evil. In fact I have found no comments by any founders or framers arguing that slavery was good. Many, perhaps even a majority, commented that it was bad and incompatible with our founding ideology that “all men are created equal”.

This is an example of another parallel between slavery and abortion. At first proponents of abortion said it was a necessary evil, it should be safe but rare. Now they argue that it is something to be proud of. Amazing to me that the democrats were advocating for evil in the 1800s and are advocating for evil today.