[hirn_man]

"Two persons have been elected to the offices of President and Vice-President exclusively by the people of ONE SECTION of the country...A clearer case of foreign domination could not well be presented."-- John W. Ellis, North Carolina governor 1860"

Gosh could that have something to do with the difficulty Mr. Lincoln had getting on the ballots in the southern states? I thought you guys were all about republican government and letting all sides have a say at election time.

[billbears]

Not when one of the first acts of those men is to ignore previous agreements and practically force the Confederacy into defense of itself by sending armed forces to Sumter