i mean, honestly. the first state to leave the union could have left their reasoning unknown. just leave, say your no longer interested in being a part of the union, your going to seperate in a totally non violent way, and that you hope relations between you and the union continue to be positive.
and then we could look at their secession and say, you know it looks like they are leaving cuz they dont want slavery banned, but they didnt say that so were gonna give them the benefit of the doubt and think it is simply about economic oppression.
but no, they went ahead and said.. just in case you guys thought we might not be motivated by a desire to protect slavery.. let us make it real clrea for you = WERE LEAVING CUZ OF SLAVERY, BITCH