The founders didn’t “secede” - they rebelled. They succeeded in their rebellion where the south did not.”
That’s laughable! Didn’t they want a Government by their own choosing?
“Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” —Thomas Jefferson
He, Thomas Jefferson, also wrote a letter to James Madison containing the following: “Determined
to sever ourselves from the union we so much value rather than give up the rights of self-government
in which alone we see liberty, safety and happiness.”
They seceded from British and King George III's rule.