The_Hammer
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You really are naive aren't you? No one is arguing that slavery played a part. If you really think that the North was fighting this noble cause to end slavery, you're wrong. It was not ok for the South to own slave, but it was ok for the North to abuse children by sticking them in industrial plants and working them to the core, while forcing immigrants right off the boat into military service??
Slavery was LEGAL until 1865. The North had legalized slavery the entire war, even after Lincolns emancipation proclamation. So there's your whole slavery issue.
The South seceded because they felt oppressed by the North, and that they had no representation in the government. Everything you've posted is an underlying factor of that...slavery being one of them.
As far as legality goes....the South was perfectly legal in seceding from the Union.
First, there is no law prohibiting secession in the Constitution.
Second, Amendment 10 grants all laws not prohibited to the states, to the states. And since secession is not prohibited, it is reserved to the states.
Oh, did I mention slavery was legal in the North and South, and that the UNion had several states that permitted slavery?
I didn't say that the north had made slavery illegal. I didn't say that they fought the war to free the slaves. I've never made that an argument. Read my posts, hell read the damn articles. The souths primary reason for secession was the fear of the eventual illegality of slavery. All the states rights issues were related to slavery. Texas has a bit about not getting protection from raiding indians and mexicans from the federal government but that's largely it. Pretty much everything comes down to northern states not respecting southern laws in regards to slavery and the federal government not doing it's part to enforce the laws of the south or the laws of the federal government to protect southerners right to property.
The south was represented. Their voting population was even OVER represented due to the 3/5ths rule. And even if all the slaves had counted, they still would have lost. They weren't "oppressed". They were playing a game (both parties are playing by the rules mind you), losing, and bitching about it.