1860/11/21

       The Chicago (Illinois) Daily Times editorializes on the Right of Secession: “Like it or not the cotton states will secede, and Southerners will regain their sense of independence and honor.”

       [restored 10/3/2026]

       The Cincinnati (federal enclave of Ohio) Daily Press editorializes on the Right of Secession: “We believe that the right of any member of this Confederacy to dissolve its political relations with the others and assume an independent position is absolute.” [emphasis in the original]

       [restored 10/3/2026]

Subsequent Events:

11/22/1860                  11/24/1860                 6/3/1863

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), 107, 108.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$40,439,546,016,039

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