[capitan_refugio]

"Oh, so for purposes of attainder and murder, then you agree with us that the South wasn't part of the United States!"

Not at all! The South was very much part of the Union. The secessionists were not.

[GOPcapitalist]

The South was very much part of the Union. The secessionists were not.

So they got kicked out of the country? Then what right did Lincoln have to persecute them?

[lentulusgracchus]

Not at all! The South was very much part of the Union. The secessionists were not.

You'd been corrected on this argument two or three times even before you posted it to me. Don't dish that swill as fresh.

Either the secessionists were out of the Union, and were foreign nationals -- and you have virtually conceded that argument -- or they were not. You can't have it both ways and just do what you want.

Oh, but wait -- that is the point, isn't it, El Supremo?