“They also ignore the fact the Northern dominated congress voted *FOR* the Corwin amendment which made slavery permanently legal in the United States.”
Yes, but only in the states where it already existed. That was just confirming the government had no Constitutional power to intefere with slavery WHERE IT EXISTED.
Right, it was about tariffs. A debate about tariffs made Prston Brooks so angry he invaded the Senate and bat down Charles Sumner, and Congressmen were carrying weapons in the Capitol because the tariff debate was so contentious. Just stop with the green eyeshade stuff. Arguing about tariffs wasn’t going to cause the anger and bitterness caused by slavery.
Or any other state that wanted it.
Right, it was about tariffs. A debate about tariffs made Prston Brooks so angry he invaded the Senate and bat down Charles Sumner, and Congressmen were carrying weapons in the Capitol because the tariff debate was so contentious.
Charles Sumner got his very well deserved beating because he insinuating that Brooks' uncle was having sex with slaves.
At that time in history, it was probably the worst possible insult. During his speech, Sumner's own friends told him to stop before he got himself killed.
This obnoxious loud mouth from Massachusetts, F***ed Around and Found Out. Just like all the other liberals shooting their mouths off, they don't think anything is going to happen to them until it does.
Andrew Jackson would have shot that man to death.
And stop saying "tariffs". This was way bigger than the measly 65 million per year the South was paying into the US Treasury. By getting out from Union laws, they would be getting out from under the forced patronage of Northern Shipping, Warehousing, Banking, insurance, and compelled purchasing of Northern industrial products. The South stood to gain nearly 700 million per year in extra income, while the North was going to lose that income.
You think the North cared about slaves? Or "Union"? No! They wanted that f***ing MONEY!!!!!
They started a war with the South to KEEP THAT MONEY FLOWING INTO THEIR POCKETS!!!!
This is why Republicans had no troubles voting for permanent slavery, because they thought that would keep the South in the Union, and keep them paying all that money into the North.