Texas looks to follow UK's example

[abaris]

Knowing your historical bent, I know there's no ugliness behind your question.

No, I just always wondered why the secession was considered treason in 1861. That, of course, doesn't mean I feel sympathy for the ones wanting to keep their slaves, among other things that led up to it. It always seemed odd to me, given how many individual rights the states actually have, that there was no provision for leaving, after a colony joined.