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By what natural law principle was it necessary to preserve the Union? Why must a wife be forced to stay with her husband if she doesn't wish to do so?

Ever hear of divorce court? She does not just get to declare the marriage contract over via unilateral secession.

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Ever hear of divorce court? She does not just get to declare the marriage contract over via unilateral secession.

Didn't we? Didn't we inform the King that we no longer wished to be part of Britain? Again, how is this different from American Independence from England?

I think you will concede that any man can leave this country and become a member of another. Why then cannot many such people?