[OneWingedShark]

So you’re willing to state that the state of South Carolina lacked the authority to deny passage of a warship [by carrying war-supplies it fit the definition; it was the correct reason the Germans sunk an American ship in WWI] into its waters?
On whose authority was the ship dispatched?
If it was not requested by the legislature or executive of SC, then is it not overstepping the bounds of the Federal government according to the Constitution?

[Ditto]

I pointed out that the ‘first shots’ were not at Ft. Sumter, and were a full 3 months before Lincoln ever took office. And yes, a ship supplying Federal troops stationed at a federal facility supersedes whatever authority the lunatic fire eaters in Charleston assumed they had.