“In any case, would it have been a good thing for the country to shatter, for North and South, East and West to go their separate ways? That you apparently think so, says a lot about you.”
That you support a war that consumed an entire generation and achieved nothing but the destruction of half the country says a lot about you. Bite me.
That war did put an end to slavery. But your premise is mistaken. Most people didn't intend war. It was an unintended result of other actions.
Then again, a lot of secessionists were willing to risk a massively destructive war in order to get their own way. They got their war, but just didn't like the result.
Bite me.
That also says a lot about you.