Because the Confederates shot at any ship that approached the fort? It's not like Lincoln had the option of contacting Anderson by email or ham radio.
Per my comments about a hostile border. Surely you will agree that even had secession been carried out peacefully there would have been numerous occasions for future conflict.
Who gets the territories?
A major reason for southern anger was failure to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act. Would recovering slaves somehow be easier from a foreign country than from a neighboring state?
Would Virginia, dragging the rest of the Confederacy behind, attempt to recapture West Virginia?
Would the Confederacy allow displaced Missourians or Kentuckians to raid into their home states, "occupied" by the federals?
POed by the Union, would the CSA close the Mississippi to Union traffic? Would they be tempted to place tariffs on goods being imported up the Missippi to Illinois?
As Lincoln said, we could NOT physically separate. So the question becomes: Is it easier to remain married, or go through a divorce with all it bitterness and then still live together in the same house?
That's one helluva lame excuse. On the one hand, you blame Davis, who was in Montgomery, AL for the attack on Sumter but excuse Lincoln, who was in DC (about the same distance to Sumter as Montgomery) for not communicating his agreement with SC to Anderson. Just lame.
Surely you will agree that even had secession been carried out peacefully there would have been numerous occasions for future conflict.
Here's the dirty little secret: There's always gonna be conflict and war.
As Lincoln said, we could NOT physically separate.
That's the kinda of language that just boggles the mind. You're saying that because of geographical reasons, we're perpetually bound regardless of circumstances. That's narrow minded and foolish and I hope you don't intend to take me down with you if there is a total democrat/socialist/communist takeover because of geography.