You do kind of flit all over with how the war began.
You are pretty steady on how it has to be Lincoln's fault, but then you blame the starting of the shooting on an unarmed supply ship, the Citadel Cadets, and who knows what else.
So, do you want Bush to surrender when unelected Al Queda decides they want half the US to run his own way?
If not, what is your definition of the appropriate time when the President should surrender to a local tinpot dictator? Should he surrender half the country, just a few states, or the whole thing?
Inquiring minds want to know.
the rest of the country should let ANY state/states "go in peace", whenever that state/group of states FREELY CHOOSES to leave the union.
fwiw, you & i may just live to see Los Estados Unidos de Azatlan leave the union by free vote & become a Spanish-speaking, predominently Roman Catholic, independent country. (my guess is, about 20 years from now, the states of AZ,CA CO,OR NM,NV & WA will "vote with their feet".)
assuming that that occurs, and YOU are POTUS, how many MILLION innocents will YOU, Mr. President, CHOOSE TO KILL rather than lose SEVEN of the fifty states of the USA??? (inquiring minds want to know.)
free dixie,sw