[presidio9]

nature of the Republic should have been abolished to eliminate a social evil

Sorry, but the nature of the Republic is not valid as long as some of its members are held in involuntary servitude. You might understand this if your skin was a differnet color. And that realization wouldn't make you a liberal.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

Sorry, but the nature of the Republic is not valid as long as some of its members are held in involuntary servitude.

Good point.

You might understand this if your skin was a differnet color.

Another good point. The Irish had similar experiences in Ireland. Really horrific suppression, but this is where they came to escape that. Slave descendents have 'nowhere' to go, so to speak. (Rhetorical, not a factual point.)

It's an unfortunate chapter in the nation's history, but at what point do we move on? Will we ever?
More importantly, when does it stop becoming an excuse for the abhorrent behavior of people like, oh, John Street in Philadelphia for example?
I think that's the stuff that drives most conservatives up the wall.