I realize that slavery, though a Biblical institution, was evil as it was practiced in the U.S. But for the most part, the Confederacy was a just cause. States absolutely have the right to unilaterally secede from the union. The principle of states’ rights remains important.
Well said.
Like all our other rights. Totally worthless if only keyboard patriots are willing to "stand up" for it.
A civil war with thousands of lives lost, and at least one SCOTUS decision determined otherwise.
The problem with that argument is that you seem to be saying that the states that are leaving have all the rights and the states that are staying have none. Say Colorado and Utah announced tomorrow that they are seceding. And they decide to dam the Colorado river and keep the water for themselves. You are saying they have the right to leave and to cancel the agreements they had with the other states to share that water, and that Nevada and Arizona and California just have to live with the loss of the river water. And that any international agreement the U.S. had with Mexico concerning their share of the river's water, which is now impossible to deliver on, is the problem of the U.S. to deal with. What recourse do those states have? You're saying that they have none and that the Constitution supports that. That just by leaving a state has more rights than the other states. How can that be?
What states rights had the Buchanan administration violated t so badly that secession was the only answer.