lol.
the southern states were a bunch of fucking hypocrites.
they said they wanted the federal government out of the affairs of the states, but they made the largest federal government power grab ever with the fugitive slave act.
they demanded to be left alone, but if their slaves ran away, they used the long arm of the federal government to violate states' laws regarding fugitive slaves.
bunch of fucking three-tooth having, sister fucking, slack-jawed morons.
by the way, slavery was indeed a huge part of what the civil war was about, despite your historically false protestations.