[Walts Ice Pick]

it's clear that cause was defending slavery

Well, maybe it was all about slavery, but have you ever tried to view slavery as a necessary step on the path to human freedom? The Framers of Mississippi's Declaration of Secession knew the historical role they were playing, furthering the long struggle for human liberty.

And peace.

[Non-Sequitur]

Well, maybe it was all about slavery, but have you ever tried to view slavery as a necessary step on the path to human freedom?

No I admit that it never occured to me to looked at slavery that way.

The Framers of Mississippi's Declaration of Secession knew the historical role they were playing, furthering the long struggle for human liberty.

Considering that struggle had been going on since the territory was founded, and that they expected to hand slavery down to their posterity, it was an long, long, looooong struggle. And that's how they wanted it to stay.