[Partisan Gunslinger]

Of course the south did. The sout SOS, Toombs argued against firing on the fort. If they had not, things would have been much different. Slavery was a great evil. Freeing the slaves would have changed a severely tainted cause and turned it into a moral and just cause.

And what would have been the cause? There was nothing else.

[Nuc 1.1]

Self determination. In much the same way today that large sections of many states are impressed servants of major cities. When the constitution was ratified it was understood that states could leave the union if desired.