According to the Jeffersonian tradition. The Hamiltonian tradition, which is just as old, holds otherwise. And unlike Jefferson, Hamilton was an actual Founding Father who helped create the Constitution.
The Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian schools of thought on the Constitution have been with us from the beginning. One is just as legitimate as the other. Lincoln was merely a Hamiltonian, just as Washington, Clay, and Webster were before him.
Why did Southerners attack New England for talking secession during the Jefferson administration and the War of 1812? Didn't they believe in "states' rights?"
Well I guess you are just another Federal Boot Licker then...
“Why did Southerners attack New England for talking secession during the Jefferson administration and the War of 1812? Didn’t they believe in “states’ rights?”
Was there a war launched against New England to force them to remain in the union?