The north was serious from day 1. Since they led the aggression.
It was southern intransigence that hastened the nation into a war that was long-coming, and an act war on the part of traitors that cast the final die.
You're burping out the garbage they taught in school.
I have a question for you
If the states had not been recognized as individual countries with a central government why did each state have it's own state constitution? After all the U.S. Constitution trumps everything, right? why was their any need for a state constitution?