why so? The same thing happened in poland as what England and France were trying to do what Austria and Russia accomplished in poland. Divide and then gobble up the weaker state. France made the first move in Mexico. The south wasn't tenable as a state too long anyway, because of divisions between the confederate states.The libertarians and anarcho-commies continue to be silly on this issue.
The South had no legal right to leave the Union, for the Constitution does not give it.
The Poland-CSA comparison is the funniest I have seen on the Board in several weeks.
had the south managed to achieve independence, they would have been colonies again in short order. Colonies badly managed by france and England, And England would have obliged them to give up their slaves anyway.
What might have happened had the South succeeded in seceding has no bearing on whether it was legal or not.