[Non-Sequitur]

I can't find a single founder that thought secession was legal or justified - I found 56 on one document.

They were talking revolution, not secession. Which is fine with me since that is what I've been calling the southern actions all along. It was a war of rebellion and if you want to say that we have a God-given right to rebellion then fine. So be it. But don't try to cloak it in an aura of legality that it does not enjoy and that does not exist.

[4CJ]

How was the American Revolution a "revolution"? Did the states sail to England in an attempt to defeat King George? How is the secession of the South different that that of the founders just a few year prior?