Thank you... Finally a voice of reason that takes into account the questions that were, at that time, unanswered. People tend to forget that, prior to the War Between the States, the phrase was “These United States of America”, thus acknowledging the soverenty of the individual states. After the war, it became “The United States of America”, changing to the singular and thus indicating a single entity... So much for states’ soverenty...
“So much for states’ soverenty”
If the south was fighting for states rights, why did they form the confederacy? For states to enter into any kind of Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation is prohibited by Article 1, Section 10, Clause 1.