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I see, President Lincoln was not reacting to the southern rebellion, he was only concerned with tax issues ? Where you taught this in 'southern-spin' grammar school history classes?

The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere. Where hostility to the United States in any interior locality shall be so great and universal as to prevent competent resident citizens from holding the Federal offices, there will be no attempt to force obnoxious strangers among the people for that object. While the strict legal right may exist in the Government to enforce the exercise of these offices, the attempt to do so would be so irritating and so nearly impracticable withal that I deem it better to forego for the time the uses of such offices.
The mails, unless repelled, will continue to be furnished in all parts of the Union.

Ok, so Lincoln wants to 'hold' the forts. Does he want the fort, to defend the fort from attack? Or does he want the fort for the invasion of South Carolina?

As long as he collects the revenues, 'there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere'. Blackmail?

Content to leave federal offices vacant? Lincoln sates, 'there will be no attempt to force obnoxious strangers among the people for that object.' So as long as South Carolina renders tribute, and sends the tariff imposts to Washington, DC, Caesar will be content to leave the federal offices vacant. No Senators, representatives, justices, postmasters, you name it, just send the money.

The Executive is responsible for seeing that the laws are obeyed. But he states, 'While the strict legal right may exist in the Government to enforce the exercise of these offices, the attempt to do so would be so irritating and so nearly impracticable withal that I deem it better to forego for the time the uses of such offices.' Dereliction of duty? No, the ONLY object that concerns him is the money.

What about the mails, will he wage war to deliver them? Nope, '[t]he mails, unless repelled, will continue to be furnished in all parts of the Union.' Nothing about ensuring their delivery.

What does Lincoln care about? Slavery? Nope - he supports an Amendment guaranteeing PERMANENT slavery. Federal offices? Nope. The delivery of the mails? Nope. The only thing Lincoln desires is the MONEY.

Lincoln: 'My fellow Americans. You know who you are. The Union must institute civil war and invade our own states for the sole purpose of collecting unpaid federal revenue. If they, and you know of whom I speak, do not cough up, I mean pay in full, we shall embargo all grit sales to those states in question. Thank you very much. You may depart and commence firing, now!'

Bravo, you DO understand!

I understand you continue painting a complete distortion of Civil War history.

From the statements you typed your indication is South Carolina, a state producing vast amount of cotton & other agricultural crops, even with all the forced 'free' labour, earning huge profits for the South's upper crust, you still don't believe S.C. & the other rebel states should have paid their fair share of taxes. That's really something else. It equals free slavery profits and war to maintain the Southern empire.

All this crap about Lincoln wanting a civil war, ripping the nation in two? Additional Neo-Confed-P/C. Do you read directly off of 'Tommy Delarenzoos' how-to-be-a rebel script, or are the lies all memorized

"All admit that an ultimate dissolution of the Union is inevitable, and we believe the crisis is not far off. Then let it come now; the better for the South that it should be today; she cannot afford to wait.----Charleston Mercury, l860

Well, well what di that Charleston Mercury newspaper say in 1860? .."the better for the South that it should be today; she cannot afford to wait."

"Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the great truth that the Negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery--subordination to the superior race--is his natural and normal condition." -----Alexander Stephens of Georgia, 1861

You and the rest of the rebels thinks everyone just got off the boat, right?...wrong! "The Constitution makes no provision for secession.... Constitutionally, there can be no such thing as secession of a State from the Union. But it does not follow that because a State cannot secede constitutionally, it is obliged under all circumstances to remain in the Union"-------Dubuque Herald, 1860

The Southern political aristocracy had a 'good life' as they used slave labour to build roads, forts, grow & harvest crops & even raise the children of the slave master. This same aristocracy wanted expansion of their Cotton Empire and were more than willing to provoke sedition & civil war to get their way.

Edwin Ruffin, the white-haired South Carolinian madmen & bigot made sure war happened. Ruffin a prime 'hero' of today's Neo-Confeds killed himself when his slave kingdom was defeated. Some 'hero' you guys follow.

You & the other Jr-Confeds posting the same spins wanted the Confederates to defeat the United States government and continue their cotton slave based empire.