but a lack of faith in looking at who decided to write something down.
These weren't letters to home or something scribbled on a scrap of paper. These were official documents detailing the most important issue of that day, and likely written and re-written repeatedly with much input and discussion until they were exactly right for the situation.
My purpose in the post is not to make anyone feel bad about matters important to them, but to say, No!, it is not acceptable in light of the apparent facts to say the civil war was not about slavery.
