Lincoln was right about the majority of the population of the southern states being against secession, if the slave population is factored in. I think it's safe to assume that every slave was in favor of remaining in the Union because they were less likely to be freed in the Confederacy.
I have yet to hear a reasonable explanation as to why the southern states didn't take their right of secession argument to the Supreme Court if they were so certain of the constitutionality of secession. Doing so would have given them a stamp of approval from the federal government itself, thus avoiding war. If the Court decided against them, they could say that that was proof that the government had definitely become tyrannical and that even the Supreme Court wasn't acting constitutionally.
@KayBeeEee1983 I would guess that since they knew what the Court would say (I assume the court would have denied them), tipping their hand so clearly would have been a bad strategy.
Lincoln was right about the majority of the population of the southern states being against secession, if the slave population is factored in. I think it's safe to assume that every slave was in favor of remaining in the Union because they were less likely to be freed in the Confederacy.
KayBeeEee1983 2 days ago in playlist 001 Civil War
I have yet to hear a reasonable explanation as to why the southern states didn't take their right of secession argument to the Supreme Court if they were so certain of the constitutionality of secession. Doing so would have given them a stamp of approval from the federal government itself, thus avoiding war. If the Court decided against them, they could say that that was proof that the government had definitely become tyrannical and that even the Supreme Court wasn't acting constitutionally.
KayBeeEee1983 7 months ago
@KayBeeEee1983 I would guess that since they knew what the Court would say (I assume the court would have denied them), tipping their hand so clearly would have been a bad strategy.
HessOnChess 6 months ago
@HessOnChess What strategy? They told everyone that if Lincoln won the presidency, they were going to secede.
KayBeeEee1983 6 months ago