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To: HistorianDorisKearnsGoodwad
Also, regarding your repeated attempts to place the start of war at Ft. Sumter, though I doubt that you possess the ability to comprehend any of what I am about to say, let's make it completely clear that your argument is a non-sequitur, hence what it professes to be "clear" is not so. Its conclusion (that the war was a necessary result of Southern action) does not follow from the premise you allege to be the necessary cause of that result (Fort Sumter). The law of causality dictates that no necessary connection exists requiring the invasion of the south, including what were at the time non-seceded states, as a result of the Fort Sumter siege.

You are correct in that the first shots were not fired on Sumter in April of 61. They were, however fired at a merchant vessel, The Star of the West in Charleston Harbor in January of 61 when President Buchanan attempted to not only resupply Sumter, but also reinforce it with additional troops on that ship. Lincoln made no attempt to reinforce Sumter, only to resupply it.

As to the rest of your pathetic attempt at logic, forgive me for ROTFLMAO.

BTW, "Honey," during those same four months numerous Federal facilities from armories to mints (with bullion that belonged to all Americans) were unilaterally seized by the Rebels. Any of those acts is by definition, insurrection and an act justifying war.

As to "invading" states that had not seceded, it never happened. The same call for troops issued by Lincoln to the governors of Pennslvania, New York and other Northern states was also issued to the governors of Virginia, North Carolina and the other slave states that had not yet seceded.

472 posted on 11/30/2006 3:38:08 PM PST by Ditto
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