Today in History: The Confederate Constitution is approved

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Tyr, your 1st post seemed to pretty historically accurate.
As it points out the main difference in the confederate constitution for the U.S. constitution was it's emphasis on protecting and perpetuating "negro" slavery.

I'm not sure why you wanted to to post it.
and I'll make no assumptions.

I personally am very happy that the Confederacy got it's arse kicked and is DEAD. It was a short lived bass-ackward nation whose leaders main concern was to extend it's wealth via african slavery into the 20th century and beyond.
I'm glad it's dead, like Nazi Germany and U.S.S.R., good riddance to bad rubbish.

of course we all want to preserve the great southern qualities of good food, hospitality, cordiality, love of God, honesty, respect for elders and the like.
But i don't see those things in the Confederate Constitution. do you? I don't see them specifically birthed in the few years the confederate states were actually viable. The south had those before and after the confederacy's thankfully SHORT life. the South had those good qualities While they were and are PART OF the U.S.A. proper.

So the confederate constitution doesn't, in my thinking at least, represent anything but an ugly and thankfully dead document. the historical notation of it in this tread is like noting the approval of the building of concentration camps of Germany. It is good to remember past political horrors from time to time.

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I made no comment on the article.
I presented it because it is a historic fact and interesting to me and perhaps to others here as well.
I do not and never have agreed with slavery, yet the South was far more than just slavery.
And it was savaged after the war ended, savaged by Yankee carpet-beggars.. A fact..
HOWEVER INTERESTING IS THE FACT THE CONFEDERACY'S CONSTITUTION GAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS/POWERS TO THE STATES.
Whereas, our modern federal government keeps stripping power away from the states.-Tyr

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I do not and never have agreed with slavery, yet the South was far more than just slavery.

But it's government was based on the idea of the inferiority of the black man as expressed by its Vice President. That means slavery is the distinguishing feature of the South, other factors are of less importance.