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Old 03-07-2018, 10:16 AM   #4
Happy Monkey
I think this line's mostly filler.
 
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It's always been issues-based, on both sides. The pre-Confederate states vehemently opposed states rights to nullify the fugitive slave law (and, of course, overrode states rights when passing it in the first place).

Abolitionists weren't opposed to "states rights", they were opposed to slavery.

Also, "issues based" can be subdivided into "push this issue by state or federal means, whichever works", and "this issue is best handled by state/federal means". And most people use both meanings, on a case-by-case basis.
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