[gusopol3]

Lincoln and state’s rights is a very old debate, and Rep. Paul holds a very defensible, intellectual point of view on the matter

As I have understood his argument, it is that the slave states would have freed the slaves for compensation, which is demonstrably false. It also overlooks the fact that several (7?) states had seceded before Lincoln's inauguration.

[Sofia]

It also overlooks the fact that several (7?) states had seceded before Lincoln's inauguration.

No state seceded before Lincoln's election.