[Non-Sequitur]

The slavery argument was BS - Jefferson Davis freed the slaves long before Lincoln

Say what???

[WayneS]

Yeah!

Everyone knows it was Robert E. Lee who freed the slaves!

(Source: “Guns of the South” by Harry Turtledove)

;-)

[cripplecreek]

Nobody ever mentions the attempt by Connecticut to secede during the war of 1812. The fact is that there have been attempts to secede almost from the very beginning and every last one has failed.