The one the Southern states initiated in 1861 and fought to an unsuccessful - from their viewpoint - conclusion in 1865. Did you sleep through all your American history classes in school?
Lincoln rebelled against the Constitution!
The actual clause of the Constitution you should be looking at is Article I, Clause 8 which provided for "calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions..." With Congress not being in session, the Militia Acts gave Lincoln the authority to do that in their absence.
Figure, Lincoln didn't think this applied - Since he was the one invading......
It didn't apply because the Southern states were the ones rebelling.
Did he illegally invade a sovereign Country...
There was no sovereign country called the confederate states of America.
...Which is currently under occupation?
Hey, Delta flies out of the country as well as into it. Feel free to flee the 'occupied territories' and find another place to plant your butt.
Riiiighhtttt.........and the moon landing was filmed in a Hollywood backlot............
{shaking head}more of non-sensical's northron mythology{/shaking head}
secede
A verb
1 secede, splinter, break away
withdraw from an organization or communion; “After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away”
secession
A noun
1 secession, withdrawal
formal separation from an alliance or federation
I'll defer to Mr. Davis:
“First, he said, came that spurious and decayed off-shoot of democracy, which, claiming that this Federal government has no power, leaves the people our next greatest evil, despotism; and denies protection to our Constitutional rights. Next comes the party that proclaims the Union and the Constitution, but that dares not tell what the Constitution is—a mere catchword, sounding, but meaning nothing. Then, my friends, there is the “rail-splitter,” aptly selected for the purpose, first proclaiming there was an “irrepressible conflict” between the sections; and having proved himself able to rend the yoke, who so fit as he, with such a theory as that, to be selected for the accursed performance of rending the Union? Then, my friends, comes the true democracy, proclaiming the Constitution and the Union, and what the Constitution is; writing your opinions on your banner, throwing it to the winds, and inviting all who believe to command worship at the altar of truth. [Applause.] This banner proclaims the futility of Abe Lincoln's efforts to rend the Union. Though he did rend the yoke, he will find the Constitution and the Union worse than any black gum in the forest.
Our cause is onward. Our car is the Constitution; our fires are up; let all who would ride into the haven of a peaceful country come on board, and those who will not, I warn that the cow- catcher is down—let stragglers beware! [Cheers.] We have before us in this canvass the highest duty which can prompt the devoted patriot. Our country is in danger. Our Constitution is assailed by those who would escape from declaring their opinions—by those who seek to torture its meaning, and by those who would trample upon its obligations. What is our Union? A bond of fraternity, by the mutual agreement of sovereign States; it is to be preserved by good faith—by strictly adhering to the obligations which exist between its friendly and confederate States. Otherwise we should transmit to our children the very evil under which our fathers groaned—a government hostile to the rights of the people, not resting upon their consent, trampling upon their privileges, and calling for their resistance. But I place my trust in democracy—in that democracy which has borne this country on from its commencement, which has illustrated all its bright passages of history, which has contributed to it all which is grand and manly, all which has elevated and contributed to its progress—the democracy of Washington, of Jefferson, of Jackson, and of Buchanan [great applause] shall be the democracy of the next four years. [Renewed applause.]”
The national democracy present a ticket to the country which may well inspire the most lofty patriotism. The name of Breckinridge comes down by lineal descent from one who asserted the great principles of 1798, as reaffirmed at Baltimore; and as for Lane, he is too modest to boast of the deeds of his younger days. No doubt he has split a hundred rails to Lincoln's one! [Laughter and cheers.] Let us then be encouraged to go into the conflict, determined to succeed, and transmit to our children the rich inheritance we have received from our fathers unimpaired. [Applause.] "