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To: Timocrat

Per the Constitution, rights are something accorded an individual that comes from God. Powers are something that individuals delegate to governments to perform on their behalf. Secession would not be a right, but a power so how exactly would Jefferson here be talking about secession?

I guess we all have a right to secede at any time by simply moving to another country.


75 posted on 08/05/2010 7:14:33 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Per the Constitution, rights are something accorded an individual that comes from God. Powers are something that individuals delegate to governments to perform on their behalf. Secession would not be a right, but a power so how exactly would Jefferson here be talking about secession?

Not all "rights " come from God. "Rights" can be established under a contract or compact. If I enter into a contract with a builder to build a house and he doesn't build it to my specifications per the contract then I (usually) have a right to void the contract. It was of such "Rights " that Jefferson wrote. Instead of calling it secession he called it rupture.

87 posted on 08/05/2010 7:31:10 AM PDT by Timocrat
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