[DoodleDawg]

the Confederate Constitution was not notably different from the federal constitution in protection of slavery. It was more express about it but Lincoln and the Northern dominated Congress were prepared to offer that anyway.

On the contrary. The Confederate Constitution protected slave imports, guaranteed that any territories acquired by the Confederacy would be slave territories, ensured that individual states could not outlaw slavery, and likely ensured that it could not be amended to end slavery entirely. Protections that the U.S. Constitution did not provide.

and of course it was Lincoln who chose to make war.

But it was Davis who chose to start the war.

Yes they’re talking about the South....which has been ideologically consistent in opposing centralized power and favoring smaller government for well over 200 years.

LOL! We must be thinking of different South's.

[FLT-bird]

The Confederate Constitution banned the slave trade.

The Confederate Constitution also allowed states to join which did not have slavery - and did not require them to adopt it.

Oh and of course it was Lincoln who chose to start the war.

Clearly we must be thinking of different Souths. The South...Dixie...the Southern states has consistently been in favor of decentralized government, limited government powers and balanced budgets.

[arrogantsob]

Davis was still on his plantation in Mississippi when Sumter was fired upon.