The Northern Democratic and Republican parties favored allowing the South to secede in peace...
Absolute nonsense. Mr. Williams needs to read some American history. Even Robert E. Lee saw secession as revolution, not as constitutional.
Williams never said anything about secession being a "constitutional" issue - - quite the opposite. He said there's absolutely nothing in the Constitution that prohibits it. And he only said that because there are some morons who DO proclaim that secession is "unconstitutional". I've even seen some freepers (who should know better) make that claim.
You should work on your reading comprehension before accusing Williams of spouting "absolute nonsense". I bet Williams would agree with Robert E. Lee about secession being a "revolution", but that doesn't make anything else Williams said untrue or "absolute nonsense".
FRegards,
LH