Secession: Treason or Right?

Interesting article at: https://fl.lawstudentland.com/post/45684364518/secession-treason-or-state-right , that is worth a read:

The initial union between the entities now making up the United States was the British Empire.  Within this empire, however, a new union was founded.  Abraham Lincoln claimed that this union was founded in 1774 with the Articles of Association,[1] and indeed these articles created an association amongst twelve of the thirteen colonies, but this association itself was expressly a temporary measure to last until the dispute with Great Britain had been resolved.[2]  Lincoln then claimed that this union was “matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence.[3]” 

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