To: hirn_man
The confederates excersized power over other states?
749 posted on
03/12/2004 10:00:09 AM PST by
Gianni
(Sarcasm, the other white meat.)
To: Gianni
"The confederates excersized power over other states?"
The people in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota who depended on commerce provided by the Mississippi river probably thought so.
Secession was not some benign act that only effected the citizens of the states who seceeded.
Besides there is NOTHING in the 10th amendment that says that the powers that belong to the states can only be exercised within their own boundaries.
But actually I do see the folly of MY arguement(unlike supporters of unilateral secession).
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