See #8.
He presented something as fact that is not fact. And of course you applaud him.
Walt
To the contrary, Walt. It cannot be disputed that the South solidly favored secession and expressed this position repeatedly. I know you like to live in your little fantasy world of southern unionism - after all, Lincoln said it was there, didn't he? But in the end you are arguing against history, Walt, when you assert this. You are arguing against landslide referendums, against public outcry for secession, against the citizenry of towns and counties passing their own secession resolutions because they thought their states weren't acting fast enough. One of Lincoln's biggest mistakes in the war was to severely underestimate the Southern people. He thought, and many in his cabinet concurred, it would be a quick march to Richmond and the whole thing would be over in a few weeks. William Seward explicitly predicted this in his private correspondence. It was not to be, as the South fought Lincoln's invasion for four long and bloody years.