[metesky]

The Civil War was fought because the Confederacy was in rebellion against the legally constituted government, with South Carolina leaving before Lincoln was even inaugurated.

We return you now to your regularly scheduled smoking thread...

[Theodore R.]

Still, A. Lincoln could have said “good riddance” but he wanted southern tariffs too much. The South paid 2/3 of the tariffs even though it was only 1/3 of the population.