The civil war was in fact fought over state rights. The 5th amendment is quite clear, government must compensate for seized property. Freeing slaves without compensation bankrupted the south, and what started the war.
 I am the son of a Chickasaw. The Chickasaw nation had 10,000 slaves at the time of the civil war. The Chickasaw Nation sided with the confederates, and fought for the south in the civil war. Curious how liberals never call us racists, just white people. The shameless intellectual bankruptcy is staggering.