[Who is John Galt?]

If the CSA had defeated the Union and obtained recognition as a sovereign nation, then it would have met the requirements of nationhood.

A couple of points:

"The requirements of nationhood" hardly supercede "the Law of the Land." The Constitution of the United States is of greater importance when it comes to the question of State secession than are any international conventions - and the Constitution nowhere prohibits secession.

Also, it is quite obvious that, had the federal government remained within its constitutionally-defined bounds and not opposed secession with military force, the Southern Republic would have had absolutely no difficulty obtaining foreign recognition "as a sovereign nation."

;>)

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Some observations on this thread:

• The advocates of powerful government on this thread are making up their own rules by redefining criteria for recognition of nationhood
• There is a fundamental lack of knowledge of sovereignty and home-rule on this thread.
• How quickly they forget the secession of 1776 and Declaration of Independence that founded this very Republic.
• These folks may not even realize the strange bedfellows that share their myopic views of government control.
• Some posters on this thread have not even realized they have been mopped up.