""I think there was a little more involved in making the Constitution than a desire to grease the economic dealings bewteen the states""

"I never said or implied that."

""I do agree that the present federal leviathan far surpasses what the Founders foresaw.""

"So, are you saying the Southern people were right in their cause to prevent this?"

I never said or implied that. :-).

But seriously, I just find the irony delicious that southern leaders had no problem greatly expanding federal intrusiveness into the states when it could be used to recapture their precious slaves.