Because rebellion worked so well the last time?
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The North is no longer the Industrial Center and the South is no longer the Agricultural center of the country, depending on “slave” labor.
Lincoln couldn’t afford to lose the enormous income of the South’s Tariffs. That was his greatest concern and he expressed it. The E.P. was his “Excuse” and not his reason for waging war.
Interesting assortment of non sequiturs you have there.
Interesting that you put slave in quotes. Why?
Lincoln couldn’t afford to lose the enormous income of the South’s Tariffs. That was his greatest concern and he expressed it. The E.P. was his “Excuse” and not his reason for waging war.
So revisionist history would have us believe. But rather than reinvent the wheel, perhaps my learned friend BroJoeK can point you to some past discussions that showed just how nonsensical your claims are. I'm a big believer in recycling.
It was far worse than just loosing the South's tariff revenue. Lincolns Backers in New York would have lost huge amounts of money as the natural trade between the South and Europe shifted to Southern ports, leaving New York bereft of this trade.
If the South had been allowed to be independent, it would have resulted in 80% of all Trade with North America shifting away from New York and towards Southern port cities such as Charleston and New Orleans.
This new capitalization of these areas would have started industries that would compete with the Northern Industries, and it would have also started a people drain as more and more immigrants and Northern people moved to the South to service these new income streams.
An independent South represented a huge financial loss to the North East, and also a loss of power and influence. This is why they needed a war to stop it. It would have wrecked their industries and income streams if it had been allowed to go forward.