Southerners Who Opposed Secession in the Months Before the Civil

Southerners who opposed secession in the months before the Civil War took all of the following positions on secession except ​

A) They considered it economic suicide 
B) They regarded it as treason
C) ​They wanted to wait until states favoring secession could form a unified coalition
D) ​They believed that if they were patient and held off,the North would eventually back down