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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Which is why I directly quoted what they said, not someone's interpretation of it.
That's nice, but they said it was because of slavery. What that may or may not have entailed, it does not excuse Southern Apologists for saying it had nothing to do with slavery, or that slavery was a secondary issue.
Yes there was a wrong way and a right way to deal with it. Secession just because a guy you didn't like got elected was definitely the wrong way.
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You're thinking slavery, the south was thinking economic wealth and your ignoring the host of other serious issues that connected to how the south operated. Yes, the two are connected, but it was more than slavery in itself. In fact, a small percentage owned slaves.
The bigger issue, it really wasn't about slaves to Lincoln or most the north, they wanted it like it was, just wanted the north to have an unfair balance of power.
Many states didn't secede until after Lincoln called up troops, even asking the south for many troops, in doing so the entire south left, none of them would accept an army coming into their state. Check your fact, it was after this that the entire south left.
Lincoln got elected because a warped electoral system, like I said, he wasn't even on the ballot in most southern states.
Don't get me wrong, I deplore slavery, I'm glad it worked out like it did, the question is, another path existed before the war, numerous states were ready to do away with slavery the same as the north was doing, but radicals ended that option.
The scary thing is, what if it didn't work out, it could've gone the other way and totally ruined America, then we would be calling Lincoln a zero, not a hero. The sad fact is racism continued in full force long after the CW.