[smoothsailing]

Was the impending arrival of the odious Morrill Tariff a more likely cause? Could not secession be seen as a preemptive defense?

[Partisan Gunslinger]

Was the impending arrival of the odious Morrill Tariff a more likely cause? Could not secession be seen as a preemptive defense?

The only reason the Morrill Tariff passed was because of secession. Southerners had the votes to defeat it.