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.
Within 3-4 days, a fine dusting of ash could fall across Europe, according to a UK Met Office computer forecast commissioned by the BBC. The computer model predicts how ash would spread following a nine-day June eruption of 1000 cubic km of ash and gas from Yellowstone.