[GOPcapitalist]

Either the secessionist states were now foreign governments making war on the US

What war were they making on that government that Lincoln himself was not already a participant in by his own right?

[jlogajan]

What war were they making on that government that Lincoln himself was not already a participant in by his own right?

The secessionist states were attacking federal fortifications before Lincoln was even swarn into office. Just a month after being sworn in the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter.