Lincoln was referring to the natural right of rebellion. Rebellion is not secession. The slaver’s rebellion wasn’t “orderly” - their very first acts were of sedition and insurrection.
The minute California secedes China will be right there to “protect them”. You don’t think California leftists won’t invite them in? Then you will have China at the Rockies instead of on the other side of the Pacific where they belong. If that happens we will cease to be a Pacific power. We will likely lose Hawaii next, then Guam. (Remember Hawaii does have a small loud independence movement, don’t know about Guam!). All the nations of the Pacific rim will start to make “accommodations” with China include Oz & NZ!
Also do you really think the Chinese will be content to sit there at the top of the Rockies and not stir up trouble in the other western states? Huge mistake to let California go! The thing to do if they try is , move in declare martial law and reconstruct California into 3 to 4 states.
See if those liberals like Reconstruction!
Ridiculous. He was talking about secession. Secession was what the 13 colonies did from the British Empire. Secession was a principle to liberate the world in his words....until he became president and was told by his corporate fatcat buddies how much money they stood to lose if their cash cow aka the Southern States, left.