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It was a major topic of discussion at the Confederate States Constitutional Convention; the fire-eaters lost: https://dn720307.ca.archive.org/0/items/journalofcongres00conf/journalofcongres00conf_bw.pdf#page=893 https://dn720307.ca.archive.org/0/items/journalofcongres00co... > In thus constructing the fundamental law, of course, a struggle has occurred in the secret sessions of the Montgomery Congress, in which those refusing to close the door against the reception of anti-slavery States have achieved a victory. https://www.cw-chronicles.com/blog/admission-of-northern-states-into-the-southern-confederation/ https://www.cw-chronicles.com/blog/admission-of-northern-sta...