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The US had forces in CS teritorry and refused to remove them. Are you guilty of a crime if you find a trespasser on your territory and act to remove him?

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They were in U.S. territory when the CS declared them CS territory. Would you be trespassing if while you were standing somewhere someone came up to you and said "I claim that spot you're standing on. Get off."?

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Lincoln had no intentions of ending slavery.

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He also had no intentions of letting it spread into new territories.

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Slavery is a side issue. It existed all over the world, and ended (on a large scale, at least) world wide without bloody multi-year conflicts.

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Perhaps it ended world wide because of our bloody multi-year conflict?