> Southerners saw the formation of a centralized government under Lincoln no less a threat to liberty than the English monarchy their grandfathers had fought.
And so, they formed a feudal system straight out of the middle ages.
> They believed when Lincoln called 75,000 troops to a standing army, he violated the Constitution.
So they formed their own standing army, and attacked the United States first.
> They believed when Lincoln sent them against their Southern counterparts, he violated morality.
So it's OK for Southern serfs to attack Northern citizens, but not appropriate for the Northerners to respond.
You're grossly mistaken. Southerners never attacked Northern citizens, the occupants of Ft. Sumter were federal troops who were given time to stand down and leave the premises, which they didn't. Southerners never sought to overthrow the US government - but strived to form their own. It was Lincoln's army that crossed the Potomac to wage an attack on Virginia's citizens that was considered the act of aggression most Southerners associate with the WoNA.
Huh? The Confederate Constitution was very similar to our own.
So they formed their own standing army, and attacked the United States first.
Check your geography, Ft. Sumter is in South Carolina. Hmmm, a Fort of Union Troops on Confederate soil and they were asked to leave. The only bloodless battle of the war.
laughing AT you, fool.
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I heard that the firing on Fort Sumter was done by an irate citizen who had his own cannon.