Oh, you figured that out. Who squealed? :)
I have pointed out in the past, if you fire scores of cannons at walls for hours, and don't kill anybody, it's not an accident.
Preservation of the union was the goal after the illegal secession, then prohibiting slavery was a fringe benefit.
Now here is where you are starting to sound rational. "Prohibiting slavery was a fringe benefit" is exactly right. It was just the icing on the cake, and that is all it ever was.
The real issue was "Preservation of the union", and that puts the ball right back in my court.
The Union didn't have a right to preserve the Union. The Southern states had a right to leave it. Again, it's in the Declaration of Independence. The Authority cited is "God."
"God Says it. I believe it. That settles it." :)
Oh, they weren't trying to hurt anybody. /s There you go again with your crazy logic.
Now here is where you are starting to sound rational. "Prohibiting slavery was a fringe benefit" is exactly right. It was just the icing on the cake, and that is all it ever was. The real issue was "Preservation of the union", and that puts the ball right back in my court. The Union didn't have a right to preserve the Union. The Southern states had a right to leave it. Again, it's in the Declaration of Independence. The Authority cited is "God." "God Says it. I believe it. That settles it." :)
I don't believe they had the right because they didn't follow the Constitution, but apparently Lincoln was a lot more lenient than I because his administration let them go. When they stole property, tried to kill Americans at Sumter, and declared war, then they lost whatever little right they had in the Lincoln administration's mind.