Your example is not helpful to your position.
The editorials talk about economics, but also about slavery. Here they self-identity themselves as rallying around the issue of slavery:
“Citizens of the slaveholding States of the United States, circumstances beyond our control have placed us in the van of the great controversy between the Northern and Southern States.”
Thank you for the link!
Jefferson Davis well understood his likely fate by supporting succession. This was no casual “see ya later” moment. Davis was a trained military officer, Secretary of War, long time Senator.
He was voicing his political stand and that of Mississippi. He offered his most powerful reasons, knowing it was a historical moment to be endlessly discussed on the internet on FR.....
OK that made me laugh. Kudos to you!
They identify themselves as "Slave holding states", which they were, but they were the same "slave holding states" in the Union as they were in the Confederacy.
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You are welcome. Most people think there were no economic arguments for secession put forth. This one clearly demonstrates that economics was a major concern for them.