[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Lincoln resupplied Fort Sumter, despite warnings not to do so.

Warnings from whom, the enemies of the United States? He was the president...

That is like saying the USA provoked the terrorist attacks...

[colonel mosby]

Believe it or not, state sovereignty took precedence over the omnipotence of the District of Columbia in 1861. South Carolina had a right to have a free port.

The War and Abe Lincoln changed all that, which is the basis for this whole discussion