WEll shit....that's already been established. I thought Loki was bringing a "different" argument to the table. Numerous posters have already brought up the whole Congress route. And don't make assumptions about my level of education. I don't make assumptions about yours.
Damn Loki, RGS summed it up in once sentence. But this has already been established. You seem to contradict yourself some.
The South did not make all of the state's secede, nor encourage the northern states to secede. And the South did not "Get up in the Grill" of the North. It was the other way around. And your opinion that secession is not a power is strictly that, an opinion...Much like my opinion of secession being a power would be an opion. SO really, we're right where we started.
You're assuming just as much as I am.
The South most definately did " get up in the grill" of the North. Seizing forts, arsenals and Naval Bases that were FEDERAL property NOT State property. And then attacking a Federal Fort. Forming Armies and training those armies.