seems clear to me that for 25 years or longer the southern states worried that more free states would be admitted to the union. Now with the election ofLincoln that seems t be imminent. For those who say this isn’t abut slavery seems to ignore the 25 year uproar.
That being said, i support a state being able succeed by democrat vote. and take your slaves with you. The courts however were wrong to allow slaves to be sent back as property. The rights ofthe individual for “liberty” superceed states rights.
“The courts however were wrong to allow slaves to be sent back as property.” The courts had little choice. The Constitution Article IV section 2 paragraph 3 “No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.” “Held to service or labor” is code for slaves.