cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/shermanposting/p/2148889/something-true
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2026
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Not for treason. While the union was on the right side of the slavery issue, I can't agree with the whole imperialist "you can't leave this nation, we rule you" stance. Governance should be consensual IMO, though I'm not opposed to military interventions to deal with evil shit like slavery or refusing to allow those who want out to leave (but not to enforce economic advantages).
Though ultimately it doesn't really matter and the strongest militaries, intelligence agencies, and civil obedience forces will decide in the end, as they always have.
They can't claim a consensus when half of the population were slaves or freedmen who could not vote. Those people were pro-union for obvious reasons.
When you add up those with the non-insignificant fraction of white southerners who opposed succession then it's clear that there was no popular consensus to leave the union.
So yeah the Federal government had every right to crush them.
I also think its strange to tell them that the south can't leave the nation. I dont see why its a good idea to force them to stay.