“Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God”,Thomas Jefferson
Putting down insurrection is a power of the government, but also a right of people not in insurrection: to expect the government to enforce the law.
Keeping in mind that the rebellion in 1860-61 began before Lincoln took office, so there is nothing that Lincoln did in office that could possibly be used to justify the rebellion that actually took place.
The radical monetary policies pursued in 1787 by Rhode Island are interesting as a bad example, rather like California today. There was, apparently some consideration given to cutting RI up as an essential part of the Union per the A or C, but not protected by the provisions of the Constitution.
As for today, sadly, the American people put that turtle on the fence. My efforts currently focus on how to reduce the damage.