re: Slavery was not the only issue the South was fighting for

What you people don't understand (or want to understand) is that it was not about slavery any more than it might be about tractors or some other "private property." It was about economics, and the federal government unilaterally imposing tariffs on the south to gain an economic advantage/political advantage. Most northerners didn't give a shite about the morality of slavery until their leaders made it into an issue to get support for the war. Most southerners didn't give a shite about slavery, either. It had no bearing on the majority of their lives. What did it was the southerner's belief that the federal government shouldn't be able to jus push them around to gain an economic advantage.

But, you people just keep up with your preferred, simpleton version of this. It's like trying to convince a gun control advocate that if you legally take away guns, the only people who suffer are law abiding citizens. The criminals will get their guns and leave the law-abiding people defenseless. Let me guess, you don't understand that either....lol