I’m confused. You seem to be saying that they already had all of the freedoms as members of the Union.
So, please tell me why the South seceded, thus starting a war that killed over 600,000 Americans. I mean, if they already had all of the freedoms as members of the Union, seceding seems kind of silly (not to mention treason). To quote Chester Nimitz, “The world wonders”.
I too am confused. You seemed to be saying that there was some other freedom which they wouldn't have in the Union.
What was that freedom they were seeking that they couldn't have in the Union?
The latest official account puts the number at 750,000 killed directly by the war, but how do you get "thus starting a war", from "South seceded"?
What about secession necessitates a war? Since the Declaration of Independence asserts this as a fundamental right, why should a nation object when other states wish to avail themselves of this right?
Why must there have been a war just because states want to leave? We offer Puerto rico a standing invitation to leave if they so chose. We allowed the Philippines to leave, and we allowed Cuba to leave. None of these countries leaving caused a war.
So why must a war be caused by leaving?
I mean, if they already had all of the freedoms as members of the Union, seceding seems kind of silly.
Yes it does, but that is what people are claiming when they say the South left to get more slavery.
Doesn't make sense. They already had slavery. Lincoln offered them even more protection for it, yet they still wanted to leave.
What they wanted must not have been more slavery.