How so? Or are you talking about the Confederate constitution? I wouldn't worry much about the reb constitution because Jefferson Davis spit on that one so much you can't tell if anyone else's saliva is on it.
Lincoln’s oath of office, like all presidents before him and after him, included the vow to “defend the constitution”.
That oath does NOT include a vow to “preserve the union”. Lincoln chose to walk all over the constitution to preserve the union with the belief that the “ends” justified the “means”.
It is my humble opinion that as of December 21, 1860 (the day after South Carolina voted to leave the union), the union was, in fact, dissolved.
Faced with this dilemna, Lincoln COULD have chosen to “defend the constitution”, or “preserve the union”; and he made the choice to trash the constitution.
At that point in time, Lincoln could no more “restore the union” any more than all the kings horses could re-assemble humpty dumpty.
What Lincoln did was to create (by force) a “new” united states. The “original” united states of the founding fathers was gone forever.
I compare it to a married couple where the wife declares the marriage over and leaves the house; then the husband chases her down the street and beats the hell out of her and drags her screaming and kicking back to the house; claiming all the while that he has “saved” the marriage.
Do you still wonder why the south was and in many cases still is comprised of so many “yellow dog democrats”?
Get real.