text: Nope.
  
  Lincoln disregarded Dred Scott, the Constitution, and settled law.  
  
  Yank terrorists such as John Brown further inflamed the crisis.
  
  And Southerners fanned the flames instead of trying to work out a compromise -- e.g. Crittendon.
  
  The Fugitive Slave Law was clear and Lincoln enforced it until 1862.
  
  You do not dispute the fact that Grant was a rabid anti-Semite who pursued a strategy of Total War to murder innocent, defenseless Southerners and Plains Indians.
  
  It is a complex story with plenty of blame on both sides.
  
  You are not interested in facts, only pushing your political agenda.