"You keep banging the same tired old worn out slave and secession drum and it is simply not the cause, read the rest of this thread."

I believe you have demonstrated Kevin's original point. You have not addressed how the statements of the secession commissioners or the "causes" listed by the seceding states regarding the protection of slavery can be seen as anything other than the cause that impelled them to secede. On the contrary, you ignore the statements of the actors themselves and offer the statements of a third party - Lincoln - as though it somehow negates their words and actions.