States want to secede. Two sides meet and work out separation terms agreeable to both sides. Vote taken. States leave in peace with everyone happy and no ill feelings. Why is that such a horrible idea for you? BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!
Yeah, that'd happen, with New York bankers and the Secretary of the Treasury clinging to Lincoln's cuffs screaming Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Yeah, that'd happen, with New York bankers and the Secretary of the Treasury clinging to Lincoln's cuffs screaming Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! It probably would have. But instead the south turned to rebellion, started a war, lost a war, had their houses and farms trashed, and haven't stopped bitchin' about it since.