[Non-Sequitur]

And under eminent domain, a state or other government entity can acquire any property it so desires - regardless of whether it has been ceded forever, or inherited with stipulations regarding divesture.

Eminent domain allows the state to take over private property for public use. A city cannot condemn state land for its own purposes and a state cannot condemn federal land for its own purposes, unless the state or federal government consent first. Sumte was federal property and remains federal property.

Lincoln attempted resupply of the forts with men & munitions despite his promises to the contrary.

Your assertion that Lincoln planned to reinforce regardless is your own opinion. And Davis's claims are not based on fact. While speculation on whether or not the North planned on abandoning Sumter went on, and there was confusion when certain cabinet members indicated that Sumter would be evacuated without the authority to say so, Lincoln was firm in his intention to hold on to the fort.

I think the millions of Americans were right, regardless of waht any others thought.

Millions of people think Al Gore won, too.

[4CJ]

You might want to read up on eminent domain. Numerous states/cities haves "seized" private/commmerical property for the sake of transferring it to another private/commercial interests (thankfully the courts are finally stepping in and stopping the practice). In Arizona and other states public utilities may seize federal, state, commericial and private property ("[t]he authority may acquire by lease, purchase or any other means, real property owned by the state or federal government.") Until 1875, the federal government did not have the power to seize lands - relying solely on the states to do so.