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.
As the government bans ash imports to halt the spread of âdiebackâand fells 100,000 trees affected by the disease , Channel 4 asks what effect it will have on the UK. Chalara fraxinea â or ash dieback to give it its common name â was discovered in Poland in 1992 and has since spread to other European countries. Denmark is one of the hardest hit countries. Since its discovery there in 2005, more than 90 per cent of its ash trees have been destroyed.