[DiogenesLamp]

How about telling us what the Southern states thought? They are the ones you expected to give up their secession attempt and come back to the Union.

They clearly thought they would be better off on their own than having New York and Washington DC managing their economics.

[DoodleDawg]

They clearly thought they would be better off on their own than having New York and Washington DC managing their economics.

No really. What were they thinking do you suppose? After all, if they had outsourced their economic management for decades before the rebellion then why did it suddenly bother them?