You keep saying this, but the declarations of four states (found at the link here: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/reasons.html#South%20Carolina) state that they seceded in defense of self-determination and to protect themselves from radical northern anti-slavery. There is a difference. Northern radicals felt their moral position gave them the power to violate the constitution with impunity. Before you jump in and agree with them, remember that abortion clinic bomber Robert Eric Rudolph feels the same way. So does Osama bin Laden.
Respectfully,
D J White
You keep saying this, but the declarations of four states (found at the link here: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/reasons.html#South%20Carolina) state that they seceded in defense of self-determination and to protect themselves from radical northern anti-slavery.80% of the document discusses slavery. That makes slavery a main point. To think otherwise is burying your head in the sand.
There is a difference. Northern radicals felt their moral position gave them the power to violate the constitution with impunity.
A country that makes slavery legal is a country that must be corrected.
Before you jump in and agree with them, remember that abortion clinic bomber Robert Eric Rudolph feels the same way.
He's doing what he thinks is right. The slaveholders did what they thought would only make them richer.
So does Osama bin Laden.
He's wrong and a dead man. Might makes right because it means God is on your side. Political power is ordained of God, whether for correction or for reward.