after his election, southern states begin seceding from the union, and though the lost cause revisionists claim states s rights as the confederate cause for secession, there is no mistaking which specific right they are most concerned about. the southern states that secede they held their conventions. then they issued their ordinance of secession. and it is very clear that that issue that causes this political collision is slavery. [ all singing indistinctly ] the new confederate states of america choose former senator jefferson davis as their president and georgia congressman alexander stephens as vice president. [ cheers and applause ] the negro is not equal to the white man. slavery is his natural and normal condition. this, our new government, is the first