[BroJoeK]

BDParrish: "In the north, people felt that the president had authority to raise troops to put down what amounted to another whiskey rebellion."

It wasn't just a rebellion, it was also an invasion of the Union.
See my post #104 above.

[OIFVeteran]

The other thing that happened was south Carolina sent “representatives” to try and talk the other slave states into leaving the Union also. That is plan and simple treason in my book.

[BDParrish]

Thanks for your response BroJoeK, but I wondered if you missed the point of my comment. Are you re-igniting the pointless debate on the causes of the civil war, or are you suggesting that the Northern people did not fight in response to legitimate authority, that they fought only because they felt invaded and today we would not fight unless we felt invaded.