I hope you didn't spend too much time researching that claim. Obviously, the whole purpose of secession was to affect and altar everyone's rights. There wouldn't be any point to taking steps that were more or less certain to result in a war unless those steps were going to involve some important changes.
But, the slaveholders in Mississippi convinced themselves that any course other than secession would amount to a "submission to the mandates of abolition" (i.e. the loss of their slaves). At least that's what they claimed in their declaration of "secession."
And, while the loss of slavery might seem to us a minor thing, we need to remember that slavery had existed for hundreds of years, creating a culture of dependency. The slaveholders had become completely dependent upon slaves. These people had been cared for from cradle to grave by slaves and they could not conceive of a future without slaves to take of them. As they said in their declaration, secession was "not a matter of choice, but of necessity." They had become so dependent that they were no longer able to perform ordinary agricultural duties - they protested that "none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun." And, they had become dependent upon their government to protect them in their "right" to own slaves. They were terrified by the prospect that the government might withdraw that protection, that slavery might be abolished and that the slaveholders have to make it in this world on their own.
Yes, even the language that the slaveholders chose is the language of dependency, the language of the addict. Their appeal to history was based upon their claim that they had become so dependent on slaves that they could no longer take care of themselves. They believed that they had no choice. Can you imagine that?
Of course, when they did lose their slaves, many of the slaveholders did rehabilitate themselves were able to regain their self-respect. They discovered that they could become self-sufficient again. Sadly, though, some could not adjust - they remained unreconstructed and weak. Some became so desperate that they moved to Brazil.
The good news is that now most people in the South are grateful that slavery is gone for good and that Lincoln preserved the Union. Some of the most patriotic people in this country now live in the South.
We must learn from their experience. Nowadays, we have other groups who have become dependent on others for their support. Several generations of dependency will take a toll on the soul of the dependent.
The message is that all of us need to try to take care of ourselves. Dependency is weakness.
As usual, the USA did what needed to be done. Yes, the Union provided some tough love, but the payoff has been huge. Lincoln freed not just the slave, but also the slaveholders from the culture of dependency in which they had become trapped.
We're so lucky to live in the United States of America - one nation, indivisible.
Glad to provide you with the research, or truth.
The rest of your post is simply oratory and your opinion, which is obviously a point of self satisfaction.
Thanks for a great post, very impressive, sir.