The Confederates believed that they were following the spirit of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. In addition the Constitution does not expressly forbid secesion.
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm
Why did the Confederate states believe they were justified in seceding?
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the confederates also thought that if they had a choice to be a united nation, they also had a choice to leave it.
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