If people actually valued what the U.S. stood for, then they would have done exactly that, and slavery would have ended as an institution because it was no longer economically viable due to technology.Lets pause for a minute of silence for those states that lost their "let the states decide" slavery.
But no. Let's just shit on the entire concept of the U.S., and the constitution, as created by our forefathers, and maim and murder each other in a civil war just so the federal government can move closer to the dictatorship pretty much EVERY central government wants.....oh, and then the feds will blame it all on "freeing the slaves". Right.