Not this crap again! (Imagine the photo)
1776 was not a 'secession.' It was a damn full blown, all out revolution against a tyrannical government. The Patriots of 1776 made no pretension that their cause was somehow legal under British law. They were 'rebels' and damn proud of that fact! They staked their "Lives, Fortunes, and Sacred Honor" on their cause, not bizarre interpretations of British law.
It really PO's me when the neo-confederates try to compare the events of 1776 with the totally unjustified (both legally and morally) events of 1860-61.
When the hard core slave power radicals began their violent revolution in 1861, the Federal Government had done nothing to violate any of their their rights. Not one single thing! They just thought they could get away with it and take total power to themselves.
All the blame for the bloodshed of 1861 to 1865 rightly belongs on the souls of the slave power fire eaters who intentionally created that awful war solely to advance their financial interests.
Google Knights of the Golden Circle. Most people have never heard of them.