Lincoln fought to preserve the REVENUES (aka tariffs). Secession was due to the desire for self-government, as Lincoln was elected without receiving a single Southern vote. The remainder of the seceding states withdrew from the union AFTER Lincoln declared war on the South and demanded troops from each of the remaining states. Those governors correctly believed that the purpose of their militias was not to wage war on sister states.
The evidence is clear on both counts.
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What's wrong with that? That was his Constitutional duty. That's what the southerners agreed to when they ratified the Constitution. Yankees didn't have a problem with collection at Northern ports. What made the rebs so special other than the universal desire for special treatment by spoiled brats?
Secession was due to the desire for self-government, as Lincoln was elected without receiving a single Southern vote.
If the rebs were really principled champions of self-government it seems ironic that they fought so hard against the right of self government for their slaves. The contradictions of the political Confederacy are a constant source of amusement.
The remainder of the seceding states withdrew from the union AFTER Lincoln declared war on the South and demanded troops from each of the remaining states
States Rights considerations undoubtedly had a bigger role in Upper South secession along with typical cheap Confederate fraud and the ever present appeal for slavery. But the thing would have never got started if the Deep South idiots had not abandoned all political common sense in an effort to safeguard their beloved institution of slavery-the cornerstone of the Confederacy.