There was no way of seceding without an amendment.
Please cite the clause and section of the federal Constitution requiring such. Otherwise, you're just making it up, pulling it from the cloth of your 'living' Constitution.
546 posted on 03/17/2006 7:51:08 AM PST by 4CJ
(Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito, qua tua te fortuna sinet.)