The North was asked to leave and refused. They were an unwelcome "guest" who refused to leave after the homeowner made it very clear that they were not wanted there.
Rather than do the decent thing, they sent a war fleet with orders to attack.
The South did what any rational person would have done under the circumstances.
It was the south who went to war to protect the Peculiar Institution of slavery.
It was the North who went to war to protect the *MONEY* their power brokers were making through trade with Europe which the South was about to rip away from them.
The "We started a war to free the slaves" is just bullsh*t. They started the war to protect their revenue streams.
If you mean Sumter then your metaphor is a whacked as you are. Sumter belonged to the union - Anderson had every right to be there and the South Carolinian's had ZERO right to try to expel them. What they did was an act of war.
The "We started a war to free the slaves" is just bullsh*t.
yes it is - so why do you keep repeating it?