[Who is John Galt?]

The phrase you're looking for is: "Damn'd traitors, every one."

Given that the United States Constitution nowhere prohibits secession, that phrase would indeed describe anyone who forcefully opposed the secession of the Southern States.

By the way, shall we discuss the secession of the States that ratified the Constitution, from the so-called "perpetual union" formed under the Articles of Confederation? When ever the subject pops up, you seem to make yourself scarce...

[WhiskeyPapa]

Given that the United States Constitution nowhere prohibits secession, that phrase would indeed describe anyone who forcefully opposed the secession of the Southern States.

Ho hum.

It doesn't prohibit murder either. Secession is outside the law and all the bleating in the world won't change that.

Walt