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Ahem. I direct everyone to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Immediate_Causes_Which_Induce_and_Justify_the_Secession_of_South_Carolina_from_the_Federal_Union South Carolina\'s proclamation of secession]], which very clearly states that South Carolina was breaking off from the Union due to outrage over Abraham Lincoln\'s election as President and that they were worried he was going to outlaw slavery. Tariffs and states\' rights weren\'t even mentioned in the damn document! Other states\' proclamations contained similar language. Now, whatever Lincoln\'s intentions were is irrelevent. The Southern states were the ones who broke it off, and it was the South that started the war via the attack on Fort Sumter.
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Ahem. I direct everyone to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Immediate_Causes_Which_Induce_and_Justify_the_Secession_of_South_Carolina_from_the_Federal_Union South Carolina\\\'s proclamation of secession]], which very clearly states that South Carolina was breaking off from the Union due to outrage over Abraham Lincoln\\\'s election as President and that they were worried he was going to outlaw slavery. Tariffs weren\\\'t even mentioned in the damn document! And as for states\\\' rights, South Carolina was angry at Northern states\\\' \\\'\\\'expression\\\'\\\' of states\\\' rights by not following federal law and openly disobeying the Fugitive Slave Act and other such laws. Other states\\\' proclamations contained similar language. Now, whatever Lincoln\\\'s intentions were is irrelevent. The Southern states were the ones who broke it off, and it was the South that started the war via the attack on Fort Sumter.
