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To: Tau Food

Some southern states had the RIGHT to leave the union, guaranteed at the time of agreeing to the Constitution. They hadRESERVED their RIGHT to leave the union which was ignored by Lincoln.


375 posted on 08/17/2015 2:53:06 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Mollypitcher1
Some southern states had the RIGHT to leave the union, guaranteed at the time of agreeing to the Constitution. They hadRESERVED their RIGHT to leave the union which was ignored by Lincoln.

Maybe you should file a lawsuit so that you can find out what your rights really are.

378 posted on 08/17/2015 2:58:03 PM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: Mollypitcher1; Tau Food
Mollypitcher1: "Some southern states had the RIGHT to leave the union, guaranteed at the time of agreeing to the Constitution.
They hadRESERVED their RIGHT to leave the union which was ignored by Lincoln."

Both Democrat President Buchanan and Republican President Lincoln expressed their views that secession "at pleasure" was not constitutional or lawful.
But neither president took military steps to end secession or the Confederacy until after the Confederacy first provoked, then started and formally declared war on the United States, sending military aid to pro-Confederates in Union Missouri.

So, their "right to secede" is one thing, their "right" to start & declare war on the United States is something else entirely, FRiend.

448 posted on 08/18/2015 9:03:54 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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