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 [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/apembert http://www.educationalsynthesis.org ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html