There were a lot of reasons for Southern states’ secession; some legitimate; some completely immoral. One of those causes has not changed in 150 years—Democrats who could not accept the fact that they can’t always get their own way.
“There were a lot of reasons for Southern states’ secession; some legitimate; some completely immoral.”
For that matter, there are a lot of reasons for our present Government’s functions - some legitimate and some completely immoral.
Such is the condition of institutions of man.