Great post.
Once the South figured that slavery was to be excluded from the territories, they understood that they were to be out voted on everything.
Yep, and AFAIK Lincoln never budged off of that position, even if it meant war, which he was jumping through hoops to avoid.
The most telling thing is though, Southerners themselves were NOT excluded from the territories and hence the future of the United States at all, they just couldn't bring their slaves there is all.
Was it because they couldn't imagine a South without slavery?
Birdwatcher
