Originally posted by opuslola
Mike Stone, etc.
You wrote above about the votes in congress! Just what Southern State representatives voted for these causes? |
Iirc Senator Andrew Johnson of Tennessee did. I'm less sure about the HoR.
I agree that not many Southerners took part in the votes, but that was a consequence of their own decision to walk out. Both houses still had a quorum, so the votes were perfectly in order.
And after all, depending on one's views as to the legality of secession, the Confederates were either rebels or foreigners. In neither case were they entitled to a voice in the government whilst denying its authority.