DID THE SOUTH HAVE A RIGHT TO SECEDE...

"Each state, ratifying the Constitution, is considered a sovereign body, independent of others and only to be bound by its own voluntary act." James Madison Author of the Constitution – IT DOESN’T GET ANY CLEARER THAN THAT

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite." - James Madison, Federalist 45