Umm... you konw Franklin didn't say this, right? It's taken from the Alexander Tytler quote. Now figure out who's feeding you this nonsense and get angry with them. Please.

although annie in melbourne is correct. the first shot fired in the civil war was at a union fort in the newly independent state of south carolina (the first to leave the union). She failed to mention that the purpose of that aggression was to make the union forces leave the state. They accomplished that goal without killing a single person that day. the bloodshed began when an independent country was invaded by their former allies to re-secure their lost taxes

I find it hard to believe that his motivation for invading the south was to free the slaves being held there. i acknowledge that the southern states probably left the union to preserve slavery there (which they did legally, every state had the right to withdraw from the union of states). but the southern states produced much more for the national economy than the northern states. When the countries cash cow decided it was done with the union lincoln had no choice but to take it back. His government lost the majority of its income. I believe he may have actually wanted to end slavery, but that was not his motivation for taking over the confederacy