[Non-Sequitur]

The reasons to seek independence are irrelevant, it is the Right of the people to alter or abolish is what matters. If the British colonies had the Right, then the 13 Southern States did also.

But the colonists recognized that their actions were a rebellion. They didn't pretend that their actions were legal and they didn't whine when the British tried to prevent them. If you want to compare your actions to the founding fathers then you have to begin by admitting that the federal government was within it's rights to try and prevent them.