in other words, they wanted FREEDOM!
as for treaties with the US, which treaty had the US government NOT been FAITHLESS in dealing with Indians???? (the correct answer is NONE! EVERY treaty was violated by the government, whenever it became profitable to abrogate each treaty.)
free dixie,sw
The difference is Jefferson et al. explained the reasons why they wanted freedom and deserved it in a document which holds up well today.
The South Carolina traitors: committed treason, not for Freedom, but to continue to be able their oppression of HALF the population of their state. Well if you are satisfied by their reasons for pursuing separation, opening fire on the military forces placed their by the nation for their security, well, there is no saving you.
There is one defense against Treason, that is Victory. That defense is not available to the so called "confederates".
As I recall, they kept the treaty by which Buck Watie and the "Ridge faction" received land in Oklahoma in return for the Cherokee land that the Ridge faction signed away.
That the Ridge faction had no authority doesn't mean that the US didn't keep its part of the bargain.
That is why traitors are held in such low esteem by honest men. They often create a great deal of trouble for honest men, though they line their own pockets pretty well.