It is simple JAKEo the answer is YES even though you don't have the moral fiber to admit it.
To me, the most remarkable feature of this editorial, and the many many many others like it, as well as the actual articles of secession, is how they SELF IDENTIFY, themselves and their cause. "We the Slave-holding States, do join with our sister Slave-holding States, to create a Southern Confederacy of Slave-holding States" etc. etc.