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Lincoln merely enforced the Constitution. There was no right to secede.
Where does the Constitution revoke the right to secede?
How did Lincoln "enforce" the Constitution? By making war on sovereign states without a declaration from Congress? By abolishing habeas corpus? By shutting down 300 newspapers? By executing Americans without a trial? By burning down American cities? By looting, plundering and destroying the private property of American citizens? By arresting the governor and the entire state legislature of Maryland? By setting up a gulag and throwing law abiding citizens into it without a trial?
Which of those actions was intended to "enforce" the Constitution?
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