[Non-Sequitur]

The South was being financially squeezed by the north and the threat of the sudden removal of it's labor force spelled complete financial ruin.

Leaving aside the financial squeeze fairy take, when, exactly, did Lincoln or any other Northern leader threaten the South with the abolition of it's slavery?

The Constitution is not a suicide pact and if you are indeed 'wideawake', then you need to wrap your mind around that.

It's not a license to steal, either.

[Sherman Logan]

when, exactly, did Lincoln or any other Northern leader threaten the South with the abolition of it's slavery?

Well, Garrison, Brown and a few other wild-eyed fanatics did, but they never had true political power or any chance of getting it.

Garrison called Lincoln "the slave-hound from Illinois," publicly burned the Constitution and called for free states to secede from a Union dominated by slaveholders. As with the good Rev. Wright today, these are not actions that help one win elections.