Resolutions of Secession

[civilwarbuff17]

Also, the Confederacy's first vice president said, "We create this new government on the fact that the white is superior to the *****." I know that's not the exact phrase, but the implication is that the South had succedded to keep slavery, thus, one of the factors was slavery. Not the reason, but one of them.

[Ollie439]

Times change, if constitution says you can own slaves then its wrong and needs to change, if it says a state's got rights to hold slaves, its wrong. I don't care what any of that ******** says the Confederacy was going down.

[Ollie439]

intellect

If you want to take a sarcastic shot at somebody's intellect, spell the word correctly or it just makes you look like an ***.

The problem with your analysis is that if its correct, blacks remain enslaved. I will acknowledge no legal precedent or doctrine that permits states to define blacks as anything less than a person.

The dilemma the slave holders faced was the fact that the country was founded on the principle that all men were created equal. So, they would be embarrassed to say that they fought to preserve slavery. Their system was rotten to its core.