As for money vs. morality. Both principles often operate in concert. That fact doesn’t negate the truth. If you want “pure as the driven snow”, in politics, as in life, you will be sorely disappointed.
The profits of slavery flowed North as well as benefited the planter class in the South. Yet Northern states began its abolition, the South refused all compromise and reaped the whirlwind.
The same is now coming due for the haters that infest the left and control the Democrat (slaver) party.
It is my observation that when the contest comes down to money vs morality, it is the money that wins.
This is why the Great Emancipator was willing to embrace permanent slavery in the South through the Corwin Amendment and made no issue of the continuation of slavery until nearly two years after the war was initiated.
The profits of slavery flowed North as well as benefited the planter class in the South.
From my reading, the North, specifically New York together with the tax and spend government in Washington DC, were taking 60% of all the profits of slavery. This amounted to 200 million to 230 million per year flowing through the pockets of New York and Washington DC power barons, and of course they wanted that money to continue coming in.
Yet Northern states began its abolition, the South refused all compromise and reaped the whirlwind.
What were they going to compromise on? The Northern Congress had already passed the Corwin amendment which would guarantee permanent slavery, and five Northern states had already ratified it. Since this effectively presents indefinite continuation of slavery wrapped up in a tidy little bow and presented to the Southern states, what more could be desired in the way of compromise?
The one issue for which it is claimed the South was wanting independence was settled and done, yet it was clearly insufficient to convince them to stay in the Union. They must have wanted something else that Washington DC was unwilling to offer.
I believe it was the other 60% of their profits that was ending up in New York and Washington DC. It's always about money.
Ask Diogenes about the Acela Corridor.