No.CSA only existed as a “war measure,” so it’s the only measure we got. And Yankee Leviathan in a blow-by-blow comparison shows that the CSA/southern states exceeded all of these actions in the south, shut down any abolitionist writings at all, blocked all mails, abrogated habeas corpus, and engaged in outright confiscation.
South far worse.
“CSA only existed as a “war measure,” so it’s the only measure we got.”
Which is like saying that FDR’s internment camps are representative of the USA