South. Other problems existed that led to succession but none were as big as the slavery issue. The only way to avoid the war was to abolish slavery but this could not be done because slavery is what kept the South running. After the succession of the South President Lincoln said that, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." Since slavery formed two opposing societies, and slavery could never be abolished, the Civil War was inevitable. It is due to these radical differences in opinion that the South seceded from the North....
