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Articles of Secession

The argument about statues - which has many possible and positive outcomes - always comes down to the reasons for the war.  If true history really is the objective of the defenders of the statues, then they will also want to do away with the “states rights” defense of the rebellion.  Primary sources, i.e. The articles of secession by the very states give a different rationale.  So does a speech by the Vice President of the Confederacy. .  By the way, many southern states DID oppose state's rights when norther states tried to ban southern bounty hunters from hunting escaped slaves (and failing that, kidnapping convenient free African Americans who fit the bill).  Anyway, this is just a sampling, but read through any and all of the declarations:

"We hold as undeniable truths that the governments of the various States, and of the confederacy itself, were established exclusively by the white race, for themselves and their posterity; that the African race had no agency in their establishment; that they were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race, and in that condition only could their existence in this country be rendered beneficial or tolerable.”
Texas Declaration of causes for secession, February 2, 1861

“Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery — the greatest material interest of the world.”
Mississippi Declaration of causes for secession

“They assume that the negro is equal, and hence conclude that he is entitled to equal privileges and rights with the white man. If their premises were correct, their conclusions would be logical and just but their premise being wrong, their whole argument fails.”
Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy
Cornerstone Speech, March 21, 1861

“Our new government is founded upon … the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition.”
Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy
Cornerstone Speech, March 21, 1861

“A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all the States north of that line have united in the election of a man to the high office of President of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery.”

South Carolina Declaration of causes for secession,
December 24, 1860

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