They said the original Union was a collection of states that had joined it voluntarily, and were therefore equally free to quit.
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Many felt that the North was trying to impose it's will and values on the South.
Southeners had the stongest idea that secession would lead to war. Truthfully they were asking for it. Northeners strove for peace and tried to preserve the Union.
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Abraham Lincoln placed blame for the Civil War squarely on the seceded Southern States. He viewed the secession as an act of treason, which justified the start of the Civil War.
the nation was founded on the principle of consent of the governed.