God you’re stuck on stupid!
Sumter was a FEDERAL installation. It was situated upon land that was ceded by South Carolina to the federal government IN PERPETUITY and built using federal funds. It did not belong to SC.
Not after South Carolina voted to secede. It ceased being a US installation the minute they chose to separate.
It was situated upon land that was ceded by South Carolina to the federal government
For the expressly stated purpose of defending them from attack. Had the USA explained that it would be the means to subjugate them, they would never have ceded the land to the feds in the first place.
You may like lawyer tricks to justify crimes, but I believe people can only consent to something when they are aware of the truth. Since nobody could conceive of being oppressed through that land when they ceded it, that wasn't part of the bargain.
Good faith is the only basis for an agreement, and absent that, lawyer's tricks do not justify evil.
and built using federal funds.
Most of which were paid by the Southern export production.
It did not belong to SC.
It never belonged to the Feds for the purpose of oppressing them. That is outside the scope of the legislative act transferring ownership to the Feds.