No the South was not without fault, but this article dispenses with the whole idea that Lincoln was some saintly super president. He was a ruthless tyrant who got what he deserved in the end.
He certainly didn't care for the constitutional restraints placed upon his office. That's the real reason why the left has always held him up as a shining beacon. These days, you seldom hear much about George Washington himself -- but Lincoln always gets his crown polished.
Did the plantation owners get what they deserved in the end? Were they "tyrants"?
My ancestor - volunteered to fight against the North and Lincoln’s Army - and traveled from Texas to join up. This is what he wrote about his motivation: “Governments are made for man, not man for governments.” ~Junius “June” Kimble, Company “A” 14th Tennessee Volunteers~. He was a hell of a sharpshooter and returned to Texas after the war. Our family gave one defender to the Alamo and another was Secretary and signer of the Constitution of the Republic of Texas. We will go wherever there’s a standing armed militia and a free state. We’re looking for one now.