J. South,
Actually, the president only acted AFTER the south illegally seceeded, and
then attacked the federal garrison at Fort Sumpter. Even had the secession
been legal, which it wasn't, taking over the Fort at Sumpter was not at all
legal.
So don't blame the man who happened to be siting in the White House when the
south lost its marbles.
Anne
Anne Pemberton
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