No they can't, the Confederate Party lost. Abraham Lincoln won, with William H. Seward. Have trouble in High School civics? The equal protection clause, always confuses the high school dropouts, who mostly are unemployed. 

The political turmoil engendered by the North-South divide not only split both major parties, but led to the founding of new ones. The American Party (better known as the Know Nothings) contained many nativists, and pursued an anti-immigrant agenda.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Seward