I think it has much more to do with the 17th amendment and not the desire of a bunch of slave holders wanting to maintain their evil economic system in a supposed free society.
The vague and broadly written parts of the 14th amendment was the source of all the abuses I mentioned in the previous message. "Gay Marriage" was an "equal treatment" issue stemming from the 14th. "Abortion" came out of the "penumbra" of the 14th amendment. And so forth.
and not the desire of a bunch of slave holders wanting to maintain their evil economic system in a supposed free society.
This would be a more persuasive argument if you could explain how they wouldn't have an evil economic system if they had remained in the Union.
It is dishonest to argue justification for attacking them based on conditions that wouldn't have changed had they remained in the Union.