As I have pointed out countless times the power was expressly delegated to the United States making Lincoln Commander-in-Chief over all of the several States (and made to swear to defend the Constitution) and even your own quotes recoginize that the States are reserved powers that are not expressly delegated.
So the Confederate States had no legal right to usurp such power that was expressly delegated.
If secession was meant as a power of the States then where is the outlined procedure for such secession in the Constitution? It isn’t there because the States were prohibited from secession as is pointed out in Article I as well and was posted by a poster above on this page.
And as to your hyberbole that I worship Lincoln, where do you get that from? I simply believe that Lincoln and the republicans were right and that the confederate democrats were wrong.
Wrong again. The only mention of the phrase "Commander in Chief" occurs in Article II, Section 2, Clause 1:
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States...
Power was NOT expressly delegated to the United States making Lincoln "Commander-in-Chief over all of the several States:" your interpretation is absolutely delusional...
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