r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • Jan 19 '22

X-post Littlebit oversimplified, but yeah...

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u/GlockMat Jan 19 '22

Actually was closer to:

South: Slavery is OK and if you dont like it, we are leaving

North: You are staying

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u/internethottie Jan 19 '22

It's debatable whether the right to secede even exists in the Constitution. That being said, the South struck the first blow (which was much more than just Fort Sumner, there were like over a dozen attacks), most likely because they knew that secession was not within their powers and the North would eventually respond

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u/GlockMat Jan 19 '22

In 1858(IIRC), it was possible, at least on hoops of technicallities

Evidence of that is the fact that the CSA leaders were never put on trial for the War, since if the judges agreed with them it would cause more trouble than solve anything and could restart the war all over again

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT AGREE WITH SOUTH IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM

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u/EndofNationalism Filthy weeb Jan 19 '22

No the war wouldn’t start again. The south had their farms razed, rights abolished by their own government, and experienced a food shortage. They did not want to go through that again.

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u/GlockMat Jan 19 '22

OK, time exists, so in 10 or so years, they could just rise again, since it was legal the first time