They held that a state had the right to withdraw, or "secede", from the Union when it felt its interests to be threatened.

南方人认为如果某个州感到利益受到了威胁，它有权从联邦中退出或分离。

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Lincoln said no state had a legal right to secede the Union could not be broken.

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If southern states rejected all compromises on slavery, did they have the right to secede?

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Southerners claimed they had the right to secede peacefully.

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Nor could it claim a right to secede anyway if the talks bogged down.

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The southerners were eventually promised the right to secede, which Darfur's rebels want too.

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Many Kurds, though sure to vote yes, are cross that the document includes no right to secede.

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