I couldn't disagree more, based on the facts we know. Secession hadn't happened before, or since.
Do you really believe that if Texas and Louisiana seceded from the Union today that there wouldn't be armed conflict?
Do you really think that if California and Oregon negotiated their own trade agreements with China and paid no tax monies back to our government on the transactions that ensued that our Government wouldn't forcibly put it to a stop?
Come on man
You are right. Secession hadn't happened before or since. What was the one thing that pushed it over the edge? Slavery. Why was it even an issue? Again, all the other things could have been worked out. The slavery issue, however, just could not be.
To reverse the argument on you, do you really believe a Civil War, with hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions in damages would have been fought only over the issues you have stated?
The idiot President we have right now won't do anything to stop ISIS from beheading Christians and anybody else they see fit. What makes you think he would stop Texas from leaving the Union?