[Ditto]

First of all, there is no "natural right" to break a compact "at pleasure" and then declare war on your previous country. Yes, that would be a "right of rebellion", but rebellion is only lawful if it wins.

And rebellion is only morally justified when faced with intollerable opression and all pleas and petitions for relief have been ignored.

Searching the historical record, I can see absolutly no evidence of intollerable opression by the general government upon the southern states prior to secession.

[the OlLine Rebel]

And thus was the AmRevWar unjustified.

British rule may’ve denied some rights for their citizens, but it’s hard to call the overall climate “intolerable” or “oppressive” as many colonials agreed. They were hardly the level of even emperors of China.

But better they stood up before it might get truly bad.

[BroJoeK]

_Ditto_: "And rebellion is only morally justified when faced with intollerable opression and all pleas and petitions for relief have been ignored."

Thanks, that's a key difference between the Founders' Declaration of Independence and slave-holders' Reasons for Secession.