Was Lincoln's Decision To Deliberate Or Not To Secede?

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Now these states had seceded from the Union and was beginning to create the Confederate states of America. But Lincoln was not about to give up that easy. He was not going to allow them to secede because of four reasons. One; physically the states could not separate. Meaning that even if they did secede then they still would be connected to the north and vise-versa. Two; Succession is unlawful. Three; a government that allows succession would soon fall into anarchy. Saying that if the government allowed every other state and its neighbor to secede then it would become total chaos. Four; Americans are friends instead of enemies. (Lincoln on secession)
Lincoln wanted to keep the states together he shows this since 3 out of the four reasons are

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