[rebelyell]

No, lincoln the tyrant wouldn't let the legislatures of those states vote on their constitutional right of secession. You are aware that he actually arrested legislators and newspaper editors, aren't you?

[quadrant]

It isn't clear if a constitutional right of secession exists. If it does exists, the right should have been exercised through the courts or the political process
and not by violence.
If the right was found not to exist, then the states should have remained in the Union and made Lincoln's political life
miserable, which would have been easy to do since he was elected without a majority of the popular vote.
Though I'm a Southerner, I have a sympathy for Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus. He was in a weak political position and faced a rebellion, conditions that make political niceties irrelevant.

There is a book about Lincoln you may wish to read.
FORCED INTO GLORY, Abraham Lincoln White Dream
by Lerone Bennett, Jr
The book contains material about Lincoln that I found fascinating.