[stand watie]

actually, you should go do some reading on the CORWIN AMENDMENT, so that you don't look foolish. it passed BOTH houses & was perfectly ACCEPTABLE to "DIShonest abe, the TYRANT".

the amendment would have made slavery PERMANENT & protected by the Constitution.

also, the WBTS was ONLY about FREEDOM for dixie. nothing more;nothing less.

free dixie,sw

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

the amendment would have made slavery PERMANENT & protected by the Constitution.

However, any state would have been able to end slavery on its own. As Lincoln said in his first inaugural, the Corwin amendment only made explicit the idea that slavery was a state matter implicit in the Constitution ("holding such a provision to now be implied constitutional law, I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable."). What made the Corwin amemdment acceptable and the Crittenden compromise unacceptable is that the latter also guaranteed slavery in the territories. But just to understand your position better, are you saying that slavery WAS a matter for the federal government over the states, or do you agree with Lincoln's position?

So, are we going to hear from your friend about that Yankees burning the Alexandria synagogue? I can't wait to forward the information to the congregation and tell them that they have their own history wrong.