Yep. We wanted out own country, and felt, as we had freely entered into a compact, we could freely leave. Lots of Yankees felt the same way, which is why Lincoln had to resort to draconian measures IN THE NORTH.
We had a disagreement, we lost. But we opened fire on people in our country, that we wanted gone. Nothing to apologize for there
The slave-owning thing. What about that? And are you a Confederate or an American?
Indeed. Northerners were not against secession until the South wanted to do it. The Northern states had held a secession conference when they got upset about the war of 1812.