[WhiskeyPapa]

And that previous poster must've also missed the fact that seceeded states were no longer bound by that instrument.

The only way to secede is at the point of a gun. It is just another name for revolution, as Madison said.

The rebels never seceded because they couldn't generate enough force to do so.

Look at Tennessee. Nashville was occupied by Union forces only 10 months after the secession ordinance was adopted. So is 10 months long enough to validate secession? Heck, you can do better than that; if the neighbors don't find out you've seceded, maybe the feds won't either.

This "the laws don't apply to us because we don't like 'em" argument is pitiful, as much as anything.

Walt

[Grand Old Partisan]

Among the powers delegated to the federal government is the power to decide which powers are delegated to the federal government and which to the states.

RB, you and the other neo-Confederates on Free Republic are re-hashing Confederate arguments becuase you don't have the guts to state what you really want -- the destruction of the United States of America.

[Gianni]

The only way to secede is at the point of a gun.

You sure this is what you wanted to post? I can't make heads or tails of it, but if you say so.

This "the laws don't apply to us because we don't like 'em" argument is pitiful, as much as anything

How about, "The laws don't apply to us because we perceive that the cost of remaining in Union with the other states far outweighs the benefits attained thereof." Of course, Whiskeypapa will hold a gun to our head for wanting what's best for us instead of what's in his interest.