Totally Not OEP wrote:Duhon wrote:So... secession later. Neither Lincoln nor the south would've brooked compromise with regards to slavery. There would still be civil war, or at best a random disturbance by southern stragglers that would never really amount to anything, but would solidify northern opinion in favor of abolition if not complete racial egalitarianism.
Probably not; once it was shown that Southern fears about a Republican President were unfounded, Secession would become unlikely.
Which would've meant the Republicans abjuring their campaign promises, which I think is even more unlikely.