Yancey used the n-word. Surely that is mainstream enough for you?
How about Lawrence Keitt?
Soon to be CSA congressman Lawrence Keitt, speaking in the South Carolina secession convention, said, "Our people have come to this on the question of slavery. I am willing, in that address to rest it upon that question. I think it is the great central point from which we are now proceeding, and I am not willing to divert the public attention from it."
How about Alexander Stephens? He is about as moderate a secessionist as you'll find. He called slavery the cornerstone of the so-called CSA.
You need to quote the record; but it doesn't support what you say.
Walt
Don't blame Catton for what Yancey and Ruffin said.
Walt