The United States won its’ fight for independence. The Confederate States never did win their independence and where invaded and subjugated by the Northern States.
Prior to winning it's fight for independence, the United States put forth a Declaration which asserted it had a God given and Natural right to gain it's independence. This assertion was contrary to the laws of Great Britain, but it is presumed that if we advocated these ideas for our own Independence, we would also accept them and abide by them, and make them part of our own law.
In other words, Independence was Illegal under British Law, but was completely Legal under our own cited "Laws of Nature, and of Nature's God."
How can you argue that a principle which we expected others to respect should not being respected by ourselves?
Why should it require a military battle to get our government to agree to an idea that is it's principle foundation?
Independence always requires military battles. It also always requires constant vigilance. We have not been vigilant and now are no longer independent people. We are all subjects of our elite betters who reside and take orders from DC.