From the article:
“....Historians disagree about whether the war would have happened ‘with or without slavery.’ Slavery was a national evil, the great mainstay of the agrarian South and a catalyst for polarized politics and violent action on both sides. But even Southerners have now forgotten about the enormous and complex roster of constitutionally based complaints regarding tariffs, direct and indirect taxation, the extraordinarily significant issue of nullification, innumerable federal impositions and more, and more, which led the Confederate states to draft their declarations of secession. These short, concise documents are not only fascinating, they are of obviously incalculable value to any free citizen whose aim is to know the history of his state, his country and his constitution. Do you know of even one young Southerner who has studied any of these documents in school?’
That's flat ridiculous. Take away slavery and leave all else the same and the South doesn't rebel. Leave slavery and take away every lame excuse for the rebellion you care to name and the South rebels. It's as simple as that.
Yes. The subject of Constitutional violations and the Declaration of Secession was covered in my daughters' history class last year.
They had previously covered the secession of the States from the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, which led to the construction of our current Constitution.
The subject matter from school led to further research on their part, as well as to some great discussions at home.