[MamaTexan]

No, only that the source was questionable.

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OK, then how about here?

See? That wasn't so hard, was it?

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A rightful secession requires the consent of the others, or an abuse of the compact, absolving the seceding party from the obligations imposed by it.

It's called breach of contract. Thanks for making the point for me.

[Non-Sequitur]

So please read both links and tell me where the New York Times was misleading or lying.

It's called breach of contract. Thanks for making the point for me.

You might try actually reading the letter. Madison also states, "The characteristic distinction between free Governments and Governments not free is, that the former are founded on compact, not between the Government and those for whom it acts, but between the parties creating the Government. Each of those being equal, neither can have more rights to say that the compact has been violated and dissolved, than every other has to deny the fact, and to insist on the execution of the bargains." The compact wasn't breached merely because the rebelling states said it was.