[Texas_Dawg]

Got it. We'ere so much wiser than they are. The poor saps. How very Clintonian of you.

I think they were brilliant. Do you think they would have supported slavery today?

[Cacophonous]

They didn't support it then. It was an unfortunate economic holdover that they were unsure of how to get rid of without ripping up the South. Aside from the occasional genuine bigot, they opposed it. And they were protectionist.