The succession of the southern states was predictable based upon the belief that individual states were very much like independent countries, and at the time of the nation's founding, that was the perception. Lincoln was right regarding the importance of keeping the nation's states together, because quite frankly, the USA probably would not exist had the south succeeded in succession. Indeed, the military might of the North and South would not likely be directed toward common enemies, as the alliances arising from successful southern succession would be in stark contrast to those forged with the north. Would we ever see peace in North America? Perhaps, but not until we'd suffered several more wars, some of which would have been introduced by rival European nations. Jerry aka LGO
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