The only ones rebuking anything were the insurrectionists who made war on their own country. It wasn’t that the rebels tried to expatriate themselves, it was the belligerence with which they attempted it.
The Colonies made war on their own country. They were pretty belligerent about it.
673 posted on 08/08/2013 3:28:28 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp
(Partus Sequitur Patrem)
But it wasn’t “their country” - they were continually denied a seat at the (Parliament) table. Remember the whole “taxation without representation” thing?
674 posted on 08/08/2013 3:30:31 PM PDT by rockrr
(Everything is different now...)