If I understand your question, the leaders of the confederacy  believed states had the right to secede from the Union.
Ash dieback (Chalara fraxinea) is a fungal disease that affects ash trees.It has spread throughout much of western Europe. The disease causes die back of the tree's crown and infects the vascular system causing blockages.sh dieback (Chalara fraxinea) is a fungal disease that affects ash trees.
An acid-ash diet is a diet that creates acid in the process of its metabolism. The average American diet, which is high in protein and low in fruits and vegetable, can generate over 100 mEq of acid daily, mainly as phosphate and sulfate (Remer and Manz 1994). Acid generated by diet is excreted in the urine. Foods such as fish and meat have a high potential renal acid load (PRAL) (Table 1 ).