And when did that happen?
No, it came after sending peace commissioners from SC, the Corwin amendment being blocked by republicans, the Washington Peace Conference failure, the Confederate Peace Commissioners sent 'to agree, treat, consult, and negotiate of and concerning all matters and subjects interesting to both nations' being rejected, etc.
Bull. It started in December 1860 with the seizure of facilities in Charleston and continued throughout the south in the months that followed. Before the Corwin Amendment. Before the Washington Peace Conference, before the so-called confederate peace commission.
Warships entering the harbor despite assurances from Lincoln to the contrary.
I see. So they were shooting at warships and hit Sumter by mistake? </sarcasm>
Siezures? Hardly. Robert Anderson ABANDONED those forts. The SC troops simply moved in and claimed what was originally theirs to begin with.
It's a unilateral action. Georgia could refuse to send Senators to Washington, and the government couldn't legally do a thing about it. Unilateral state action. But the states were illegally deprived of representation after ratifying the 13th and failing to ratify the 14th.
Bull. It started in December 1860 with the seizure of facilities in Charleston and continued throughout the south in the months that followed.
Whoop-ti-doo. And Congress declared war on them for doing so, right? Even after seizing the forts on their coasts, they still attempted on multple occasions to negotiate. Lincoln wanted war, and he got one.
I see. So they were shooting at warships and hit Sumter by mistake? </sarcasm>'
No. Informed that warships were almost there, the Confederacy demanded surrender of the fort. Maybe if Lincoln had negotiated in faith, instead of lying to Justice Campell et al, the war never would have been fought.