How did firing at Ft. Sumter help them maintain their slave economy? Seems to me that it did the exact opposite, and that if they wanted to maintain their slave economy, they would have been better off leaving Ft. Sumter alone.
Seriously? How do you get "maintain their slave economy" from firing on Ft. Sumter? Firing on Fort Sumter was all about Arrogance, and nothing else.
Oh, and for what it's worth, this is what Lincoln had to say on the subject.
Abraham Lincoln to Horrace Greeley: August 22, 1862.
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
Not very helpful to your "them bad, Us good," characterization, eh?
More like irrelevant to a “them bad, Us good,” characterization.....eh?
I was responding to Bubbas claim about the North invading the South. Nice try a triangulating. Point was the South opened the ball. It was their first act of aggression in a war to maintain their slave economy. Secession was about arrogance as well. I’m well aware of Lincolns views.He freed the slaves none the less. Fulminate all you want and spin the history. The South started the war and lost.