[jeffersondem]

“And they deliberately termed it a perpetual union, not a loose confederation of convenience.”

That is an interesting comment. Can you point to where in the Constitution the term perpetual union appears?

[BroJoeK]

rockrr: "And they deliberately termed it a perpetual union, not a loose confederation of convenience."

jeffersondem: "That is an interesting comment.
Can you point to where in the Constitution the term perpetual union appears?"

Many have pointed out that the Articles of Confederation's reference to "perpetual union" was replaced in the Constitution by a "more prefect union".
They argue: would not a "more perfect union" also be perpetual?

Regardless, our Founders provided several constitutional mechanisms for changing laws, amending the Constitution and even convening to replace the entire constitution with something different.

In 1861 none of those constitutional methods were followed.