[lentulusgracchus]

Had not the South not fired on the U.S. flag and refused to obey the laws that it was obligated to obey under the Constitution, Lincoln would have faded away as probably a one term President.

Are you finally starting to figure it out? That Lincoln couldn't have achieved emancipation -- his real agenda -- without secession and war? Helllloooooooo!!!

[fortheDeclaration]

Well, then the South fell into his trap didn't they!

If the South had kept their seats in government, Lincoln would have had a strong block of brave Southerners who would not have been intimated by Lincoln's strong arm tactics.

They could have also blocked the dreaded Morrill Tarriff Bill in the Senate.

Who fired on the U.S. flag?

An act of treason