So you figure that he was unique among Americans in holding such an odd and extreme statist view of the matter, huh? Or maybe it was just him and Lincoln.
The extent to which diehard Lost Causers from Jefferson Davis to you will bend over backwards to deny the obvious--that they rebelled--is truly amazing.
Hell, that should be the point of pride--that you're people who (wrongly, in my opinion) said "Hell, No!" and took up arms. Outlaws! Rebels! No, instead you keep insisting that your 1860 forebearers were mild-mannered lawyers and self public servants whose only thoughts were of lofty goals and abstract notions of a political nirvana, and who were only forced to fight by the refusal of the Damn Yankees to see the moral rightness and legal correctness of what they were doing. You should be saying "Hell, yeah, we rebelled! Up yours!" instead of arguing the definition of "rebellion." You drain all the blood out of your own heritage.
Seek wa FRiend and return when you’re ready to have a peaceful, honest discussion.