I was right. Even on the link you provide, all the documents are not styled as ordinances.
But the Mississippians made their intent plain. Slavery was the issue. Only a sophist would say otherwise.
Walt
Uh, yes Walt, they are. You obviously did not read the link.
First, the group of documents itself is universally known to history as the ordinances of secession.
Second, every single one of them calls itself an ordinance or "ordains" something. Read it and weep.
SOUTH CAROLINA - AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America."
MISSISSIPPI - AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the union between the State of Mississippi and other States united with her under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America."
FLORIDA - ORDINANCE OF SECESSION We, the people of the State of Florida, in convention assembled, do solemnly ordain, publish, and declare, That the State of Florida hereby withdraws herself from the confederacy of States existing under the name of the United States of America
ALABAMA - AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the union between the State of Alabama and the other States united under the compact styled "The Constitution of the United States of America"
GEORGIA - We the people of the State of Georgia in Convention assembled do declare and ordain and it is hereby declared and ordained
LOUISIANA - AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the union between the State of Louisiana and other States united with her under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America."
TEXAS - AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the Union between the State of Texas and the other States united under the Compact styled "the Constitution of the United States of America."
VIRGINIA - AN ORDINANCE to repeal the ratification of the Constitution of the United State of America by the State of Virginia, and to resume all the rights and powers granted under said Constitution.
ALABAMA - AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the union now existing between the State of Arkansas and the other States united with her under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America."
NORTH CAROLINA - AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the union between the State of North Carolina and the other States united with her, under the compact of government entitled "The Constitution of the United States."
TENNESSEE - DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND ORDINANCE dissolving the federal relations between the State of Tennessee and the United States of America.
Even the rump convention in Kentucky "ordained" is act of secession -
"Be it ordained, That we do hereby forever sever our connection with the Government of the United States, and in the name of the people we do hereby declare Kentucky to be a free and independent State, clothed with all power to fix her own destiny and to secure her own rights and liberties."