Aside from the question of who exactly it was in 1861 that called up an army and commenced hostilities first, how would you feel if today the abortion-minded decided to secede, and raise a rebel army, and fire at federal troops, because they thought their particular bloody trade was threatened by the election of a candidate who seriously opposed the murder of babies?
That would be the North trying to secede in your example.
288 posted on 12/21/2015 4:43:40 PM PST by central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)