You’ve just posted portions of why three States’ governments indicated they had seceded, not why there was a war. If you’d like to make an argument that the North went to war in order to subvert the State’s sovereign governments, overtake them and then free the slaves, that would be relevant, and make a very important point.
However, even that’s not true, because the U.S. president said that’s NOT why he went to war. In Fact he EMPHATICALLY said that’s not what the war was about. Try again.
‘However, even that’s not true, because the U.S. president said that’s NOT why he went to war. In Fact he EMPHATICALLY said that’s not what the war was about. Try again.’
Haven’t read the Gettysburg Address or Second Inaugural Address, I take it? Lincoln’s position was that it was unconstitutional to free the slaves without a Constitutional Amendment, except as part of his power as commander in chief to put down an insurrection.