Secession was not a right. Where does it say in the constitution explicitly that states may leave of their own accord? Unless you subscribe to the notion that there a hidden rights in the consitution such as priviacy, right to sodomy, right to abortion, etc. The planter class wanted to deny slaves god given rights to freedom and sacrificed hundreds of thousands of lives of young southern men to accomplish it.
Put another way, would you allow Hawaii to secede today becuase it claims it has a unique polynesian culture that it must preserve?
the right of secession is NOT one of the powers ceded to the central government.
free dixie,sw
Where do you get the notion that rights must be enumerated to exist?
You show a gross ignorance of the Constitution and its purpose if you believe what you posted.