[Ryzorian]

Accutually, yes, it is acurate. They didn't want to have the "peculiar institution" stop the actual process of creating a nation. So a deal was struck between certain senators from the North to "skip" over that aspect for southern support.

This issue was futher pushed forward with the Mason Dixon line, and again with the 3/5ths rule. Until finially it just wasn't tenable and war erupted in 1865. Now yes, slavery wasn't the primary issue then as there were several. It was a culmination of constantly putting current problems on future dockets.

Kinda like how they are placeing increased levels of debt on future generations now. This behavior will bite you in the arse eventually, better to work out minor issues, before they become complicated major issues. For instance, what if Japan and the US had worked out thier problems back in the 1920's and early 30's? Perhaps they would have been on the same side, instead of opposing each other. Heh, how would that be for an alternate history anime..instead of Japan being on Germany's side, they were allied with the US.