Kevin_Kennedy
Defend Liberty
- Aug 27, 2008
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They were already coming apart at the seams by the end of the war. They based their entire government on the idea that the individual states are supreme. First time the central government does something a state doesn't like, they would have bolted. Wash, rinse, repeat.
The United States operated under that premise until the Civil War as well, but I see no reason why there would have been an issue. The problems the U.S. had were mostly sectional, between north and south. Their different economies made it difficult to work together. But when they split into two they could work towards their own goals in their own way. The northern confederacy could do what it felt was right, and since most of their interests were the same there'd be little conflict. Same for the south.
Except that the rebels had the exact problem I'm talking about.
Specifics?