Eighteen months later, Seward and Lincoln, the newly elected Republicans, sent the US Navy to Charleston to begin the Great War that killed 600,000 Americans.
It was the newly elected Democrat, Jefferson Davis, who ordered shots fired at Charleston when none were necessary.
“Eighteen months later, Seward and Lincoln, the newly elected Republicans, sent the US Navy to Charleston to begin the Great War that killed 600,000 Americans.”
Say, you aren’t one of those “neo-Confederate loons” that Mikie Zak is always foaming at the mouth about are you? If you disagree with him that the war was about anything but saving the black folks from slavery, he’ll tar you with all kinds of libel. It’s part of his brilliant strategy to win over the black vote.
No, they sent the U.S. navy to enforce the Constitution.