So in other words there is no provision that you know of? Then why do you insist there is?
The procedure for how to reimburse the United States for property it claims to own when states secede is not well defined. It has only happened 11 times in our history.
What were the other 10?
The Confederacy recognized this and offered to negotiate all issues with the United States in an attempt to preserve the peace. With war potentially looming and thousands of lives at risk, Lincoln refused to meet with southern representatives.
Well no they didn't but that is neither here nor there. The claim was that Sumter belonged to the Confederacy and Anderson's troops were trespassing. Can you please explain the legal process that resulted in that?
Try to keep up dear. Every time a state voted to secede, that was another iteration.
11 iterations in total, with Massachusetts threatening to do so back in the earlier part of the 19th century. The world would have probably been a better place had they done so.
“Well no they didn’t (offer to negotiate all issues with the United States in an attempt to preserve the peace) but that is neither here nor there.”
I hesitate to disagree with friends, but in this case I respectfully disagree. The Confederate Congress did make the offer and sent representatives to negotiate all issues; and it is “here nor there.”
Lincoln could not have known for sure his decision would cost 600,000 lives, or more, but he knew his decision to go to war would cost plenty.
The result was the disaster at Appomattox and the federal government we have in the D.C. swamp now. I know many people are happy with the federal government and the way it works. I’m not.