” I have never said that secession was not allowed if done with consent of the states. I’ve said before that I disagree with Lincoln on his position that secession is not allowed under any circumstances”
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If his position was wrong,then his whole war was wrong.
How was this ‘consent’ to take place? Your WHOLE bitch is that the South seceded without permission. Who do they receive this permission?
Lincoln didn’t believe this in the first place.
Nonsense. Regardless of Lincoln's position, the Southern acts of secession were illegal. War was the confederacy's decision and their responsibility.
How was this ‘consent’ to take place? Your WHOLE bitch is that the South seceded without permission. Who do they receive this permission?
All the parties affected by the decision. Madison wrote that a proper secession required the consent of the states. There is no reason to believe that the approval for a state to leave need be any more than what is required for a state to join - a simple majority in both houses of Congress.
Lincoln didn’t believe this in the first place.
Neither did Buchanan. But both were wrong on that. Had the Southern states worked with Congress to negotiate a settlement on all issues of disagreement then Buchanan certainly would have gone along.