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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