As they say, the victor gets to write the history! Anybody, who believes that the American Civil War was about slavery, is a fool!
"... In the late 1820s, his views changed radically, and he became a leading proponent of states' rights, limited government, nullification, and opposition to high tariffs. He saw Northern acceptance of those policies as a condition of the South remaining in the Union. His beliefs and warnings heavily influenced the South's secession from the Union in 1860–1861. ..."
