To: Colt .45
By your logic the Founders' should've gone to the Parliament for approval before seceeding from Britain in 1776. That's totally moronic! You cut the cord and form your own government. And accept the consequences. The Founders knew their actions were not legal, and that the British government would oppose their actions. They knew that they would have to fight for their freedom? So why were the confederate leaders dumb enough to think otherwise?
220 posted on
03/01/2004 6:30:59 AM PST by
Non-Sequitur
(Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
To: Non-Sequitur
So why were the confederate leaders dumb enough to think otherwise?A good question, assuming the premise is true. I think a lot of people doublespeak on this point: They claim the North was bound by the Constitution, however Northern abrogation of the Constitution was obvious at the time of secession.
The Confederate leaders should have expected a fight, but must've thought a demonstration of will would be adequate.
228 posted on
03/01/2004 12:41:56 PM PST by
Gianni
(Everyone's a closet economist.)
To: Non-Sequitur
Go back and study the Constitutional debates. Study the 10th Amendment and the 9th Amendment while you're at it. What is it about "reserved to the People" that you don't understand?
499 posted on
03/04/2004 8:31:12 PM PST by
Colt .45
(Cold War, Vietnam Era, Desert Storm Veteran - Pride in my Southern Ancestry!)
To: Non-Sequitur
"Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a FEDERAL, and not a NATIONAL constitution." --James Madison, Federalist No. 39 Does this clarify it for you any?
500 posted on
03/04/2004 8:40:42 PM PST by
Colt .45
(Cold War, Vietnam Era, Desert Storm Veteran - Pride in my Southern Ancestry!)
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