1861/03/21

       The New York Times editorializes on the Right of Secession: “There is a growing sentiment throughout the North in favor of letting the Gulf States go.”

       [restored 10/9/2026]

Subsequent Events:

Authority:

References:

Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda and an Unnecessary War, (Roseville, California: Prima Publishing, 2002), 109.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$40,439,546,016,039

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