[jlogajan]

Well, sorry ole chap...slaves had very few rights at that time. ..and nobody asked nor wanted a pack of Yankee Invaders trying to interfere.

Well if rights come and go with the winds, the I guess the southerner's didn't have many rights at the time either, now did they. Who cares if they asked to be interfered with or not? They didn't bother to ask the slaves if they wanted to be slaves or not. Why should someone bother to ask a slave holder if they can interfer with slavery or not?

[TexConfederate1861]

Because: Southern rights were guaranteed by the Constitution.
Slaves had no rights, as they were considered "property".

Read the "Dred Scott" decision. That tells it all, plain and simple.