[PeaRidge]

I am not contending anything. I am stating as a fact that Lincoln publicly offered that he was sending supplies, and that no action would occur if unopposed.

It is also a fact that upon taking office, and against the advice of his cabinet, he gave Fox approval and authority to run supplies, boats, and men into the fort, regardless of Charleston reaction.

It is also a fact that in his Inaugural Address, Lincoln stated that it was his duty “to collect the duties and imposts,” but beyond that “there will be no invasion of any state.” In effect he was saying that if the seceded states failed to collect and pay the newly-doubled tariff rates, as the South Carolinians did with respect to the 1828 Tariff of Abominations, there would be an invasion.

He was true to his word.

[stand watie]

well, i guess you could say that. it's like a person saying that they would rob your house unless you paid him not to & then DOES rob it.

while lincoln, the TYRANT, was "true to his word", doing so started a war that cost a MILLION American lives for NOTHING of value.

free dixie,sw