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But they never tried the '...or else' did they? Again, in none of the cases you mention was any illegal action taken. In none of those cases mentioned did someone fire on a federal facility. The comparison between them and the south is ludicrous.

No because the war had already ended!! And FWIW, South Carolina seceded BEFORE attacking Sumter. So they seceded legally, by state legislative vote. Much as the state of Massachusetts had a vote in their legislative house on whether or not to secede had done in the past. Once the state had seceded, it became sovereign territory of another nation. The north continuing to try to collect taxes within the CSA (another separate and equal nation) is just as ludicrous. But just as the newspapers of the day had pointed out, there would not have been war had lincoln not sent the troops in there. And don't give me the starving act either. Neither of us believe that line (at least I would hope not)