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To: PeaRidge
Well, somebody is confused.

I believe that there is only one Constitution of the United States. I believe that there is only one United States of America.

And I believe that no person or group of persons can strip any other citizen of his rights under the United States Constitution or his status as a citizen of the United States. You and I apparently agree that no one was in fact stripped of his rights or his United States citizenship by the so-called "secessionists," but that is because the acts of the "secessionists" were then and are now a tragic nullity. However, at the time, the "secessionists" imagined that they were terminating the status of their neighbors as citizens of the United States of America. In fact, they actually imagined that they were creating a new nation of confederate states.

I think that you and I also agree that we are very fortunate that the "secessionists" failed in their efforts. Slavery is gone, and it is gone for good. Nearly all of of us are happy with that change and nearly all of the few people who aren't happy with that change lack the courage to admit it. So, their opinions don't matter, anyway.

777 posted on 08/31/2015 12:50:40 PM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: Tau Food
"You and I apparently agree that no one was in fact stripped of his rights or his United States citizenship.."

That is correct.

778 posted on 08/31/2015 1:05:19 PM PDT by PeaRidge
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