I think the prevailing view, of why the South secceeded was that the
southern rulers feared the ending of slavery. As can be shown by this
source which details, how a peace compromise over the seccession
crisis was proposed, that was entirley about slavery.
The Republicans, and many Democrats did not feel able to compromise on
the issue, and the south
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#crisis
Governor Perkins, of North Carolina, for example, stated that he
opposed the North for electing Lincoln, and so wished to leave the
Union just as of that. They considered the abolition of slavery a
fanatical belief.
That is the belief agreed with by Wikipedia, and all other sources.
There are other beliefs, usally believed by people, who are still more
in favour of confederate culture, than Yankee.
http://alpha.furman.edu/~benson/docs/sccccn01.htm
I do not think there are any other views to accept. For instance some
want to claim it was not about slavery. For instance the far right
Thomas Woods, but even he can only stat that the other reasons, for
the civil war could only ahve occurred after the civil war.
Or they claim they seceeded as they hated Northern hopes, of imposing
a more centralised rule. Then you look at the facts, and they did not
secceed over anything other than slavery.
here is a link on the civil war
http://experts.universalclass.com/dwh
this is a site claiming to represent the southern side, and it says
slavery was not the cause. But then says the major cause, was that
the southern leaders opposed the North, as the Republican Party made
anti southern statements. The anti-southern statements were all about
slavery, All the other complaints were minor, and unimportant and
could be made by South Texas, about North Texas, and would not explain
why they all merged together.
http://ourworld.cs.com/mikegriffith1/southernside.htm |
