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To: 4ConservativeJustices
In 1814 New Englanders at the Hartford Convention were making thinly veiled threats at secession in protest to 'Mr. Madison's War." Then, Southerners struck the nationalist pose (emphasis added) (Emory M. Thomas, The Confederate Nation, 1861-1865)

4,289 posted on 04/05/2005 1:18:24 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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In 1814 New Englanders at the Hartford Convention were making thinly veiled threats at secession in protest to 'Mr. Madison's War." Then, Southerners struck the nationalist pose (emphasis added) (Emory M. Thomas, The Confederate Nation, 1861-1865)

Isn't that why there was a union - to protect the states against FOREIGN aggressors. Massachusetts and Connecticut refused to provide troops for the war.

4,294 posted on 04/05/2005 2:16:02 PM PDT by 4CJ (Good-bye Henry LeeII. Rest well my FRiend. Good-bye Terri. We'll miss you both.)
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