If it’s any consolation, in a divided America, Yankeeland would be subject to the same Old World evils as Dixie. A united nation dominating the Western Hemisphere is the greatest guarantee of American peace and freedom.
Once again I'll ask you to look at any election map from the past 50 years and keep in mind the direction that the northeast has taken politically and socially. Once you've done that and, if you're being intellectually honest, you can only conclude that, without the South, the northeast would be a communist dictatorship today.