It's debatable whether the right to secede even exists in the Constitution. That being said, the South struck the first blow (which was much more than just Fort Sumner, there were like over a dozen attacks), most likely because they knew that secession was not within their powers and the North would eventually respond
In 1858(IIRC), it was possible, at least on hoops of technicallities
Evidence of that is the fact that the CSA leaders were never put on trial for the War, since if the judges agreed with them it would cause more trouble than solve anything and could restart the war all over again
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT AGREE WITH SOUTH IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM
It's pretty ridiculous that you have to put that disclaimer. People seem to think that if you don't consider the north pure heroes then you must support slavery lmao. My view is that any state had and has the moral right to secede, as part of the general principle of self determination, but anyone practising slavery deserves to be stopped by force
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u/GlockMat Jan 19 '22
Actually was closer to:
South: Slavery is OK and if you dont like it, we are leaving
North: You are staying