The way I learned it was that Lincoln and the Union did not begin to fight until the Confederacy declared war on the Union by firing at Fort Sumter. In a strictly legal sense the war was not fought because of secession but because of the aggression of South Carolina.

Aside from that little quibble I agree with most of what you said.

Good Post
Sam

I don't mean to be an Alarmist or Warmonger here I'm simply saying that preparation is prudent because ultimately as the Federal government Demonstrated in the “civil war” authority is derived from the sword not the people.
Therefore if they follow the same patter of non-republican(system not party) logic then the States must be armed and organized to resist that government as such that the sword they(the States) control is superior to the sword of the federal governments welds without them. That means it would be nice if we had a list of things that need to be done to cripple the Federal governments ability to again make War upon we the people and our States if we ever faced that situation again. Only then could we restore that check on federal authority on the terms the federal government established.(force)

That being said, the south's biggest mistake was to assume that Lincoln and the north had the honor to respect their natural and inalienable rights to self determination and let them go peacefully, that is why the southern States withdrew their congressional delegations(leaving Congress in the overwhelming domination of their political enemies) who no longer had a right to be U.S. Congressional delegates of non-U.S. States. They should have kept them there and force congress to either kick them out effectively declaring they were no longer States, or used them to obstructed and deny any and all federal efforts to wage war on their State, while at the same time making their states impassioned plee for liberty and justice.

They could have used them congressmen to obstruct federal efforts, and form constitutional sympathy / wisdom bonds with other congressmen reminding them that to deprive our people of our rights is to give up the same rights yourself.

Ultimately the trick is to convince theses people that they don want to keep us around, against our will, that they don't want to live with us. That is a task a irritant and tireless minority can do quite effectively, make people not want to live with them.

“I love Lori Lee’s comments; they explain everything that is wrong in this country. As a citizen of Iowa, I wish she gave us the name of her state senator. Let me see if I got this right: the senator says that the bill is enthusiastically supported by the citizens, but does not have enough support in the legislature, so he cannot support the bill at this time.
Now there is a man of courage and convictions, a man of real backbone, a man who should be removed from office as soon as possible.”

Those who are actively posting articles here should submit information to Michael as to where they are, so that they can be contacted for potential leadership positions in a grass-roots movement.

Michael, can you collect contact information for potential leaders? We should divvy this effort up into districts to spread the load. More to follow…..