I'm 70 yrs old, have not one politically correct bone in my body, I am not racist but am an unreconstructed Southerner That has studied the history of the War between the States and believe the South had every Constitutional right to leave the Union, not to preserve slavery but because of 80% tariffs placed on goods coming out of the South but none on Northern goods. If you follow the money it will become clear why Lincoln chose to declare unconditional war on American citizens.