[Grand Old Partisan]

A previous poster made the excellent point that the secessionists violated Article I, Section 10, Item 1: "No state shall into any treaty, alliance, or CONFEDERATION"

Also, the CSA law voiding southern debts with northern creditors also violated that constitutional provision.

And, the rebel states violated that provision by keeping troops without the consent of Congress.

[Gianni]

A previous poster made the excellent point that the secessionists violated Article I, Section 10, Item 1: "No state shall into any treaty, alliance, or CONFEDERATION"

And that previous poster must've also missed the fact that seceeded states were no longer bound by that instrument.