[Non-Sequitur]

Yeah, that'd happen, with New York bankers and the Secretary of the Treasury clinging to Lincoln's cuffs screaming Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

It probably would have. But instead the south turned to rebellion, started a war, lost a war, had their houses and farms trashed, and haven't stopped bitchin' about it since.

[lentulusgracchus]

But instead the south turned to rebellion, started a war, lost a war, had their houses and farms trashed, and haven't stopped bitchin' about it since.

There was no "rebellion".

Lincoln started the war -- or do I need to quote his admiring secretary again?

So subtle. So deft.

[lentulusgracchus]

It probably would have.

Nah, no way. Lincoln was elected president for one purpose: beat up the South, throw 'em in jail, make 'em work for cheap.