[camle]

if there had been no slavery, there would have been considerably less agitation in teh north, and therefore less pressure on the south to seccede. with no secession, no civil war.

[phi11yguy19]

with no secession, no civil war.

another logical fallacy.

playing that game, you could also say if there was no constitution, there'd be nothing to secede from, so it's the constitution's fault. or you could say that since buchanan presided over secession and refused to go to war, it's the fault of even having elections. (no elections, no lincoln, no war! (but i guess that's also the constitution)

war is the failure of diplomacy. southern diplomats were still in D.C. pleading for meetings and getting cast away because the wheels were already in motion.