alt.war.civil.usa

On Feb 13, 9:10=C2=A0am, Hugh Lawson wrote:
> scribe7716 writes:
>
> [snip]
>
> Speaking seriously, I thought serious students knew that secession was
> a deliberately chosen action, and that deliberate choice was inherent
> in what I did say.

Hugh, you jumped directly from

> > The states that formed the CSA seceded from the US because of a desire
> > to protect slavery. =EF=BF=BDThis is certainly true. =EF=BF=BDThe secess=
ionists made
> > it clear in every way they could that they wanted to secede because
> > slavery was at risk if they remained in the US. =EF=BF=BDRational people=
don't
> > argue about this.

> > So the goal of protecting slavery was a purpose for secession and the
> > formation of the CSA.

to

> > This does not account completely for the causation of the war though;
> > the North could have negotiated a peaceful separation.

with no mention of an intervening action. That omission was the
curious incident of the Hugh in the night-time so I felt it necessary
to point out that there was an intervening action.. secession.