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That helps me understand what is going on here a little better. I guess as things get worse (in the real world, outside of this thread) and people begin to question what the h*ll happened to America, the finger pointing starts. Obviously there is a faction that will point the finger at Abe Lincoln. I am going to try harder to see the issue from their perspective, but they are going to have to build a much much better case than they have so far.

I am coming from a position that Slave Power held sway over the country from the beginning. People like Davis and Stephens could see the writing on the wall. If they wanted to keep and expand their Slave Empire, they had to get away from the new and growing Republican Anti-Slave Power. They had made all their travel plans and had already packed their bags before the horror of Lincoln's election.