And since I am sure that you are familiar with the process used in 1789, then you would need to add George Washington and the United States to your list.
the DAMNyankees will grasp at ANY straw, no matter how WEAK/PITIFUL to TRY to "cover-up" the EXCESSES of "their sainted lincoln, the UNjust".
the TRUTH is that the war was REALLY about ONE main thing = that "DIShonest abe" was willing to KILL as many Americans as it required to keep the southern states IN the union & UNDER the boot-heel of the northern business elites.
lincoln's obsession with "preserving the union", at ANY blood price, reminds me of the RVN-era army COL who said that he "destroyed the village to save it".
to any DAMNyankees reading this: IF tomorrow you awakened to find yourself as POTUS, how many MILLION Americans would YOU be willing to kill to stop the COMING secession of the western states (that will one day be "Los Estados Unidos de Azatlan")???? = a MILLION, 10 MILLION, EVERYBODY in the USA???
free dixie,sw