Yeah, when it comes to a bit of my balance, you go nuts: link, link, link, link, link, link.
Let's don't get off the slavery bashing and dare to consider anything else other than that wonderful rationalization for Lincoln, slavery. You ought to wean yourself from that mindset..no one here believes that you really believe that.
But for Lincoln it wasn't slavery and I have never suggested it was. I'm pointing out that for the south it was slavery and the prime and by far the most important reason for their rebellion. And you haven't shown any reason for me or any other rational person to believe otherwise.