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According to OP, apparently because they weren't allowed to?
Yeah this line of argument is totally incoherent. The "states' rights" argument is totally post hoc nonsense and there's nothing behind it that makes any sense. "States' rights to what?" is a totally valid and appropriate question. The South had nothing beyond slavery.
From their responses in other comments, I think op would agree with my summary: the war was about states rights to secede, the secession was about slavery
Everyone understands the argument. This is the exactly the sort of pointless who-gives-a-shitism that the post is making fun of.