either way, I would maintain the right of secession is one of the pillars of freedom. the civil war turned the prospect of secession from a matter of process to a matter of war, barring a collapse of the federal government. Not to mention establishing federal income tax and extreme Federal overreach in general.
the civil war may have put the issue of slavery to bed, but I argue it is the source of everything wrong with the federal government today.
It’s difficult to judge the Confederacy on its own because it was forcefully dismantled. Otherwise, who knows how it would have turned out?
either way, I would maintain the right of secession is one of the pillars of freedom. the civil war turned the prospect of secession from a matter of process to a matter of war, barring a collapse of the federal government. Not to mention establishing federal income tax and extreme Federal overreach in general.
the civil war may have put the issue of slavery to bed, but I argue it is the source of everything wrong with the federal government today.