[cowboyusa]

Ok, here we go, what would have eventually happened is, some of the states that made up the Confederacy would have seceded from it(Texas absolutely.) There would then be 13 little Republics all fighting with each other, and the Confederacy, and the US. Lincoln saw this(so did my Andrew jackson)and kept the unity of the UNION as the primary focus.

[cowboyusa]

I should say, AndrewJackson is one of my hero's.

[DiogenesLamp]

Ok, here we go, what would have eventually happened is, some of the states that made up the Confederacy would have seceded from it(Texas absolutely.)

The evidence I see has it going quite the opposite of that. What I see is that the five Union slave states would leave the Union and join the Confederacy, shortly followed by several west and Midwestern states. The reason? The much greater economic wealth they would acquire by trading through New Orleans with Europe than they got through the New York controlled coalition of the Great Lakes Canal and Railroad system.

Ever hear of the "Graingers"? Look them up. They were itching for alternatives to buy and ship their grain other than the New York controlled system.

A lot of people would have gotten richer once the New York controlled system of trade and transport had been broken. The making of money would have kept the new coalition together. As it is, New York kept a stranglehold on US trade, and that's where the money went.