Nonsense, Confederates wanted to destroy and absorb as much of the United States as they possibly could, nor would they stop there:
Well here I agree with you, except with your choice of the word "Destroy." I have long argued that with the windfall of all the extra money from Europe, acquiring all of the border states was just a matter of time, and so would have been taking over all the territories. The economic focus of the Continent would have shifted from New York/Washington to New Orleans/Mobile.
Once the economic interests of the border states and territories were better realized through the CSA, they would have joined it. Eventually the New York/Washington Axis would have become the leadership of a smaller Rump Country.
Lincoln himself noted that if they lose Kentucky, they've lost it all.
BJK post #333: "Confederates wanted to destroy and absorb as much of the United States as they possibly could, nor would they stop there:"
DiogenesLamp: "Well here I agree with you, except with your choice of the word 'Destroy.' "
So if I offer to amputate your leg because I claim it just want's "independence", that would not immediately "destroy" you?
DiogenesLamp: "I have long argued that with the windfall of all the extra money from Europe, acquiring all of the border states was just a matter of time, and so would have been taking over all the territories."
So that explains & justifies sending Confederate armies to conquer US territories?
And all this was just part of, your word, "independence"?
DiogenesLamp: "Eventually the New York/Washington Axis would have become the leadership of a smaller Rump Country. "
Your words, Rump Country, no longer the United States of America which would be, uh, eviscerated... marginalized... minimized... truncated... redefined... re-bordered... reduced... disappeared... deformed... decimated... and, yes, in due time destroyed:
Source: Alternate history:
