See Rhett's address I included portions of above. He goes into it in detail.
So you think the Framers thought the Constitution was just a suggestion?
Not at all. The Framers and more importantly the states which ratified the Constitution thought it was voluntary for each state and was based on consent.
What was the South being compelled to do?
Remain in a now centralized union which had become economically exploitative and abusive toward them without their consent.
See Rhett's address I included portions of above. He goes into it in detail.
He doesn't want to read it. He is trying very hard to look away from anything which goes against what he wants to believe.
This argument is not a debate about evidence. It is a problem of getting people to not shy away from information that hurts their feelings, and get them to admit the truth that can be discerned from the information.
Their normal response is to not cooperate in learning things they don't want to learn.