Sorry Walt, but the act of reunion was not the goal of the south. The Lincoln claimed it as his goal. That claim was unilateral and, for all practical purposes, was The Lincoln's only area upon which he would have anything but violent, bloody warfare. It is therefore absurd to conclude that, by not sharing in that goal of submitting to The Lincoln's unilaterally proclaimed condition for peace, the south had no interest in repealing the tariff.
Sorry Walt, but the act of reunion was not the goal of the south.
And yet they agreed to be united. Why was that?
Walt