[wideawake]

So in other words the Confederates felt that the government was no longer responsive to their needs as a people?

The South "felt the US was no longer responsive to their needs as a people"?

Is this an episode of Oprah?

The Constitution is about law, not feelings.

The US guaranteed the rights of its Southern citizens to the fullest extent of the law.

[Michael.SF.]

The Constitution is about law, not feelings.

You might want to reread the preamble.