[equalitybeforethelaw]

“Both. Northern opposition to the extension of slavery into the territories and newly formed states was regarded as interference with the southerners’ property rights and freedom of movement. But the media eliminate the part about state’s rights.”

One thingy the revisionists forget is that Northern opposition to the extension of slavery into western territories was based on the precept that the west should be for only the white man. Blacks were to be kept out and Indians either concentrated or killed. So who was the racist in 1860?

[Genoa]

A lot of it had to do with power. Northern political and economic interests, which differed in many respects from the corresponding interests in the South, didn’t want to see more and more slave states joining the union and adding to that bloc of votes in Congress.

[rhombus]

One thingy the revisionists forget is that Northern opposition to the extension of slavery into western territories was based on the precept that the west should be for only the white man. Blacks were to be kept out and Indians either concentrated or killed. So who was the racist in 1860? .

Wow, it was real nice of those Southerners to try and preserve slavery to help the poor black man out from those filthy Northern bigots. snicker ;-)

[wideawake]

Northern opposition to the extension of slavery into western territories was based on the precept that the west should be for only the white man

Oh, really.

A pity none of the "Northern opposition" in Congress bothered to mention that federal lands were only for white people at the time.

Presumably Congress forgot that the Choctaw weren't white.

[rockrr]

One thingy the revisionists forget is that Northern opposition to the extension of slavery into western territories was based on the precept that the west should be for only the white man. Blacks were to be kept out and Indians either concentrated or killed.

Could you provide some evidence of specific legislation that spoke to such precepts or prohibitions? Thanks.

[x]

One thingy the revisionists forget is that Northern opposition to the extension of slavery into western territories was based on the precept that the west should be for only the white man. Blacks were to be kept out and Indians either concentrated or killed.

One "thingy" revisionists like you forget is that Southerners expelled the tribes that had assimilated and lived as Whites did. You know the Cherokee and the Trail of Tears.

So who was the racist in 1860?

Start with slaveowners and we'll work out the rest later.