06-24-2015, 12:40 PM
(06-24-2015, 12:24 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: The Southern viewpoint is that they offered them the option of vacating the fort peacefully, thus removing themselves from their territory. They informed the federal government than resupplying would be considered a hostile action. Then Lincoln sent supply ships.
Like I've said, the American Revolution was illegal as well, we just don't view it as such because we like the outcome. In the mind of the Southerners the Union was a hostile, invading force.
You can't just argue that any viewpoint is excusable because the people who held that belief felt they were correct. The people who owned slaves did not think they were wrong. That does not excuse their actions.
The American Revolution was illegal, but it was a revolt against the exploitation of a colonial overlord. Therefore I feel it was justified. I don't just think it was justified because we won. If there was a war like this today that did not involve my country I would be against the exploitation of a colonial power.
And I also realize that most of the southerners who took up arms were just defending their "homeland", but they were on the wrong side. Not because they lost, but because their side started a war for the wrong reasons.
