Was the Civil War inevitable? What were options other than civil conflict? Why were they not viable?

I would
argue that Civil War was inevitable,
the reason being that it was the only viable way of
resolving the issue of
slavery once and for all.

A number of compromises had

been tried in the past, but all they'd done was delay confronting the real issue at the
heart of
the problem. Even after the South seceded, attempts were made to
cobble together yet another
political compromise between the North and South
on the issue of slavery....