[Ditto]

The status of slavery had not changed between April 4 and April 17. Virginia’s actions indicate that, while the central question, slavery in itself was not the only issue.

Yet, the entire Western part of Virginia, the part that was not dependent on slavery, refused to go along with the treason of the Tidewater aristocrats.

[bagman]

The secession of West Virginia from Virginia does not address my argument and is irrelevant.