Fact is the South attacked federal installations all across the South. Arsenals and depots were seized. Sumpter was the most publicized and no president would have tolerated an insurrection threatening the Union.
The idiot Slavers brought on their destruction. It was sheer insanity.
They were abandoned. Of course the residents took back land they believed was part of their new Nation.
Sumpter was the most publicized and no president would have tolerated an insurrection threatening the Union.
First of all, it was not an "insurrection." The populations of the states held a vote and through democracy they decided they no longer wished to be governed by Washington DC. As the Declaration said, Governments only rule through the consent of the governed, and these people withdrew their consent.
Secondly, in what manner did an Independent South threaten the Union? (other than diverting trade from New York.)
The idiot Slavers brought on their destruction. It was sheer insanity.
Weren't they slavers when they were part of the Union? Wouldn't slavery have continued if the South had not tried to be independent?