Tell me something bozo. Why do you come here, calling yourself a conservative and yet you never stop kissing the butts of a bunch of treasonous Southern Democrats?
Recognizing that they had a right to secede from the Union is not "kissing the butts".
Likewise, it appears clear to me now that the Republicans of 1860 were race obsessed big city liberals who believed in strong government, taxing and spending, protectionism, unfettered immigration, and had far too close involvement with corporate profit making involving government power.
The Democrats of that era were rural, small government types that opposed reckless social changes and favored tradition.
The party's have clearly flipped in their core beliefs since that era. Modern Democrats most closely align with 1860 Republicans, including their protectionist and immigration policies. Modern Republicans more closely align with 1860s Democrats with the exception being the 1860s Democrats position on slavery.
But here is the primary reason I defend the right to secede. Look around. The Country has crazy people running both the east and west coast. The sane portion of the country needs to separate from the crazy portion of the country and let the crazy portion collapse.
I see secession as being perhaps the only way we are going to solve the problems this nation is facing.