The constitution of the CSA is a weak peg upon which to hang the "Civil war was all about slavery" banner. You're referring to
Sec. 2. (I) The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States; and shall have the right of transit and sojourn in any State of this Confederacy, with their slaves and other property; and the right of property in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired.
and
(3) No slave or other person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the Confederate States, under the laws thereof, escaping or lawfully carried into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor; but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such slave belongs,. or to whom such service or labor may be due.
But to make your case you must ignore
Sec. 9. (I) The importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholding States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.
and
(2) Congress shall also have power to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy.
More importantly, the document to which you refer dates within a week of Lincoln's first inaugural address in which he flatly stated "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."
Hmmm, no lawful right or inclination...sounds like both sides were in agreement. No, I'm sorry, as much as you might like to color that conflict over with the glorious, freedom loving blue and old evil massa' gray it just doesn't work that way. It was a disagreement over federalism taken to its extreme. That's all.
Finally, lest you make assumptions, I'm a full-blown northerner with no particular appreciation or disdain for Confederate symbols. Why would I choose to grant them that sort of power. For that matter, why do you?
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Date: 2007-03-21 09:31 pm (UTC)Sec. 2. (I) The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States; and shall have the right of transit and sojourn in any State of this Confederacy, with their slaves and other property; and the right of property in said slaves shall not be thereby impaired.
and
(3) No slave or other person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the Confederate States, under the laws thereof, escaping or lawfully carried into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor; but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such slave belongs,. or to whom such service or labor may be due.
But to make your case you must ignore
Sec. 9. (I) The importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholding States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.
and
(2) Congress shall also have power to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy.
More importantly, the document to which you refer dates within a week of Lincoln's first inaugural address in which he flatly stated "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."
Hmmm, no lawful right or inclination...sounds like both sides were in agreement. No, I'm sorry, as much as you might like to color that conflict over with the glorious, freedom loving blue and old evil massa' gray it just doesn't work that way. It was a disagreement over federalism taken to its extreme. That's all.
Finally, lest you make assumptions, I'm a full-blown northerner with no particular appreciation or disdain for Confederate symbols. Why would I choose to grant them that sort of power. For that matter, why do you?