Not really but it did prove that insurrection is a painfully stupid idea.
It smells like your rational answer engine is running on fumes.
Take it from a man who has shown himself to be an expert regarding painfully stupid ideas. I only see his name when he shows up in Civil War threads to wave the bloody shirt.
The Southern States had a right to leave, and the Northern states had no right to invade and oppress them. We all claim to believe in Freedom, but generally we only believe in our own. When it comes to the freedom of others, we'd rather have them under our yoke.
The Northern States successfully made slaves of the Southern ones. That is the painfully stupid idea which rockrr always defends. You see, it's okay because the whip is in his hand.