Again, there is nothing that prohibits secession, and Lincoln implicitly supported it himself with the admission of West Virginia (which was clarly unconstitutional.)
Several states expressly reserved the right to secede. New England talked about doing it before the South did it. It was simply assumed that it was allowable until Mr. Lincoln arbitrarily decided that he would not allow it.
When the Federal government unilaterally overrides the Constitution, what do you suggest that states do? Secession is the states’ “ultiate weapon” to regain their rights under the Tenth Amendment.
No he did not. And no it was not.
Several states expressly reserved the right to secede. New England talked about doing it before the South did it. It was simply assumed that it was allowable until Mr. Lincoln arbitrarily decided that he would not allow it.
Completely false. Madison, Jackson, Webster, Clay, and Buchanan are just a few of the leaders who had denied that the right to secede, or in Madison's case to unilaterally secede, existed.
When the Federal government unilaterally overrides the Constitution, what do you suggest that states do?
And how did the federal government unilaterally override the Constitution, forcing the Southern secession?