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ohwens 3 points ago +3 / -0

It was about States Rights, and what power a State had in the Union. However, the right they were protecting was Slavery. You have to remember there were decades of compromises on the slavery issue before the Civil War broke out.

Three-Fifths compromise and Missouri compromise for example.

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NotAPuma 1 point ago +1 / -0

It's the Slippery Slippery Argument, "Slaves today, Guns Tomorrow?"