If you study American History you will find the "Militia" was made up of "The People", it was not a standing Army or even the National Guards as we know them today. There was of course a faction who desired Strong Central Government control, They Lost, to those who desired to have a government "Of, By & For" the people with the Federal Government their servant. Lincoln of course did not establish this thought. He recognised it as being in existence when he stated "It Should Not Perish From the Land". When he did everything within his power to take the Government from the "People" & put it into the hands of the /Central Government it doesn't really take a truly intelligent to realize he was lying through his teeth with that Address which has gone down in History. Even a Fool can understand that, You understand don't you King.
Incidentally the Confederacy did not start "The War", they simply tried to peacefully sever their relations with the Union & remove themselves from it. Lincoln Started the War.
