It is a question that I have long assumed that the answer to which was affirmative. In recent months I have read much to understand why anyone would think the South was not right. It was a complete surprise to me when I saw a simple graph that caused me to change my mind. The old saying goes: "seeing is believing". I'm not trying to sell my new found opinion to anyone, but to be consistent I will offer it as a thought for anyone who is interested. (1)

Please see how much territory the South had at the time of the Revolution and then see how much it wanted to carry with it in 1861. There is a marked difference. I still think the original thirteen states should have been allowed to leave with the territory they had at the time the United States was founded. But any excess would have had to have been left behind. Please compare image one depicting the South about 1776 and image two showing it as it had grown under the Union in 1861. It is understandable that there would have been hard feelings on the side of the North. (2)

"While the North has not extended her limits northward a single degree since the birth of the Constitution, the South has already seized on Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, and her eagle eye is now burning with a desire to make a swoop on Cuba, Central America, and Mexico." D. R. Hundley -- 1860