States Right to do ‘what’ exactly?
Simply, to not be subject to the dictates of the central authority made up of elitist busybodies.
States rights to pummel, rape, flay, kill, maim, torture and flog any black man they pleased, of course! What part of “democracy” don’t you understand? (/sarcasm)
‘Simply, to not be subject to the dictates of the central authority made up of elitist busybodies.’
This is how many TODAY want to revise it. So romantic, so...utopian.
But the fact is the CSA codified slavery. Everyone involved in its authorship admitted as much, repeatedly and proudly.
This is nothing but a rehash of Jubal Early’s ‘Lost Cause’ mytholoy.
But the South was that central authority made up of elitist busybodies. They had exercised a disproportionate level of influence over the government for the entire history of the country up to that point.