True, the Confederates fired the first shots. However, I respectfully disagree with the rest of your assessment. Instead of throwing a temper tantrum the Southern states simply sought to free from a government which did not work for them. They did not want to war with the Northern states instead they sought a peacful resolution to a situation which had become untenable for them. The Union refused a peaceful solution. At what point was secession declared unconstitutional? Therin lies the answer. And the sad fact is the stakes were exceedingly high.....ungodly high.
At what point was secession declared unconstitutional?
Where does it say that secession is now constitutional? As I see it, the whole Federal Government has dis-regarded our Constitution. So, I don’t care if secession is “unconstitutional” because they don’t follow the constitution NOW.... What say you?