Yes, far better to be misled by Hamiltonian revisionists who would have us believe the government today is what the Framers really wanted, but were just afraid to ask. The Confederacy wanted her freedom from a national government gone wrong. We didn't get it and now we have a bureaucratic behemoth that no longer recognizes federalism or holds any of the traits the Framers or the Constitution intended it to have. Except for Rep. Paul, and perhaps one or two others, I'd bet good money the other elected hacks even know the intent of the document
In what way? What caused the Southern states to secede in the 1860s that did not obtain under the Buchanan administration? What threat was there inherent to the South in the election of a Republican presidency that was missing from the election of a Breckenridge or Douglas?