[central_va]

Yet I do not claim that Lincoln imagined the South peacefully seceding. He knew full well that secession would inevitably bring war; even if the North had immediately surrendered all its holdings in the South, ordered all Southern-based armies to surrender (and what would become of them?), war would still come:

This is crazy talk. You prove LSD is a dangerous drug.

Yet I do not claim that Lincoln imagined the South peacefully seceding.

Double talk mumbo jumbo.

He knew full well that secession would inevitably bring war;

Secession means leaving, not war.

even if the North had immediately surrendered all its holdings in the South, ordered all Southern-based armies to surrender (and what would become of them?), war would still come:

This is almost funny.

[dangus]

Criticism without argumentation.