As was pointed out in an earlier of the series, the New England states imported molasses and sugar to manufacture rum which was their currency in the West Indes slave trade. Of the fifty-five delegates to the Philadelphia Convention, I believe fifty-three of them were slave owners.

One of the debates was ultimately a compromise as to a slave counting for 3/5th of a man for representation tally. The War Between the States was hypocrisy and duplicity at its finest. Ever since the American Revolutionary War ended, the War Between the States began. Virginia was the biggest bully and was truly the cause of the Annapolis convention. In the next of the series, they strong-armed other states into ratification.

When slavery suddenly became taboo, the truce was over, and the whole fabric of the Constitution denigrated. Therefore Lincoln reneging on Habeas Corpus was simply consistent with the rest of the dog and pony show.

Now stop stealing my thunder. Snick! Snick!