[HandyDandy]

See post #385

If the need to "Preserve the Union" is the higher principle involved, then how could we have broken from the British Union?

[Pelham]

“If the need to “Preserve the Union” is the higher principle involved, then how could we have broken from the British Union? “

The American colonials didn’t regard preserving the union to be the highest ideal. That was the position of George III and later, Lincoln.

[DiogenesLamp]

See post #385

If the need to "Preserve the Union" is the higher principle involved, then how could we have broken from the British Union?

Yes, ignore the salient point, because you want to obsess on a specific word. Thank you for your concern commander Pouncetrifle.

Would that you should spend so much time on the meat of the point.