[Colt .45]

The Constitution of the United States was written not because of slavery, but in spite of it. However when you have a despot who doesn't believe in a State's sovereignty, he will use any excuse to wage war and subjugate the inhabitants thereof to his whim.

[Non-Sequitur]

The confederate constitution, on the other hand, was written because of slavery. And still you had a despot the likes of Jefferson Davis ignoring it at his whim, all the while trampling on the very concept of states rights that the south was supposed to be supporting. Look to your own house before complaining about another.

[WhiskeyPapa]

The Constitution of the United States was written not because of slavery, but in spite of it.

Wrong.

"Slave property is the only private property in the United States specifically recognized in the Constitution and protected by it."

-- Jefferson Davis.

Walt