Do you wish the South had won?
Birdwatcher
If a free people decide that they no longer want to be governed by the governing entity, all it should take is an announcement.
The fact that it usually results in war is because the tyrannical government which presides over the people refuses to release them from their bonds.
To sum up, you're not free. You're owned. The government will kill you before it sets you free.
That's the lesson of the American Civil War.
