If EVERYTHING is proof of a "Grand Conspiracy", then it is indeed a pretty grand conspiracy. Certainly no half measures with this one.
"The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same."
Just saw this text quoted on the news this morning and it instantly dawned on me. This is more proof that the constitution is not compulsory to states that do not want to be a part of it.
The text articulates a possibility of a 9 state Union if the remaining 4 states chose not to join. Allowing the remaining four states to remain out of the Union is good proof that the Union was never intended to be compulsory.
Another piece of evidence I can add to my pile demonstrating that secession was understood to be a right by the founders and by the US Constitution.