I really think that according the logic of Rhod some states are missing a golden opportunity to get rich. All we have to do is pass a law that all personal property that makes it to the state from an owner who lives in another state, no longer belongs to said owner. We confiscate it, or as I prefer to say, “set it free”. We then sell it and split the proceeds. It’s full proof since it would be a great injustice to expect a state to honor the property rights of persons in another state.
Your message is half-gibberish, but perhaps you fail to grasp the part of the issue where the "property" referenced were human beings rather than escaped livestock or purloined equipment? Since it involved human beings, a large portion of country stood opposed to slavery, didn't want to go along with it, and were happy to see it fail. Perhaps we could draw an analogy with abortion in our own time? And no, northerners weren't selling slaves and "splitting the proceeds" with anyone. Also, northerners who failed to go along with slavery program in their own states nullified those laws by not following them, to the point of in some cases arresting federal marshals who attempted to enforce the law. Again, perhaps we could draw an example from our own time of a state standing in opposition to the federal government in regards to illegal aliens....Texas perhaps?
Someone else brought up the perceived fact that not all confederates were fighting for slavery. A statement following the same logic would be to say that some members of the Wehrmacht were only fighting for lebensraum rather than the final solution. The plain truth is if you're fighting for a cause you don't get to pick and choose aspects of that cause you do and do not support. You're all in or you're not in at all. By emotionally following "lost cause" theology and ignoring historical evidence such as the rebellious states' declarations of secession or the letters exchanged between Generals Hood and Sherman, people allow themselves the false comfort of not having to confront issues honestly when what they should do is accept our ancestors for who and what they were: people who made decisions and took actions based on the time and place where they lived and according to their lives, beliefs, cultures, and practices.
