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To: soakncider
My point is this: since Lincoln abolished the right of secession, he has made it all but impossible for any future lovers of liberty to secede, no matter how just the cause may be. I dare say that secession and rebellion against tyranny is a basic human right and responsibility. To have it abolished by force of arms is a tragedy, not a victory.

The South's right to secession, which they didn't have in the first place since they didn't run it through the Congress, ended with the attack on Fort Sumter.

49 posted on 01/17/2016 7:45:12 PM PST by Partisan Gunslinger
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To: Partisan Gunslinger

When Fort Sumter was attacked, SC had seceded, but many other states didn’t secede until after Lincoln called for 75000 troops to put down the rebellion.


52 posted on 01/17/2016 7:50:00 PM PST by soakncider ("The two enemies of the people are criminals and government"...Thomas Jefferson)
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