Civil War arguments

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1) Upon secession, in which South Carolina ceased to be part of the federal union, there could exist no federal property within the boundaries of South Carolina.

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I still don't buy that. How did what was federal property turn into state property merely because the South seceeded? The South may have been a different country then, but those forts would still be the property of the Federal U.S. government and an attack on them by a foreign power would be a declaration of war.

If your girlfriend decides to leave you and take her stuff out of your house, she's not justified in taking your stuff too, much less attacking you for not giving her your stuff.