You can leave VISA anytime you want. My understanding is that the Southerners wanted to reach a financial settlement on Federal property in their States. (And it would seem to me that they probably should have been compensated for their share of Federal property in the Northern States, though I do not believe this was requested) "Honest" Abe made sure none of this ever happened.
ML/NJ
Abe was in office for 39 days when Sumpter was attacked. Besides, he didn’t want the money, he wanted the fort.
1. Abe vowed to defend the Constitution against all foes. It was still standing the day he was shot. Had he let the states secede, it would have been a dead letter.
2. All the arguments about the Emancipation Proclamation not withstanding, the slaves were freed.
3. The era of big government was not started by Abe, that was the Roosevelts and Wilson. RINOs and Democrats are still doing us in today.
Anti-free traders, return to the gold standard, Lincoln haters, conspiracy theorist, moonbats, RINOs: The democrats can have them all, the whole ship of fools.