[azhenfud]

"The South did not attempt secession because they feared a strong central government."

The good Colonel did not mention secession, he stated Southerners were lukewarm in their support of the Confederacy of the Southern states or were outright Unionists, to which I countered.

His assertion was not quite correct.

[fortheDeclaration]

"The South did not attempt secession because they feared a strong central government." The good Colonel did not mention secession, he stated Southerners were lukewarm in their support of the Confederacy of the Southern states or were outright Unionists, to which I countered. His assertion was not quite correct.

The Southern leadership pushed the South into secession, for a cause very few cared about-slave expansion.

Many Southerners did go North and fight for the Union.

It is interesting that Lincoln's name was not even allowed on the ballots in the South.

Those Southern leaders were true lovers of freedom alright.