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To: WhiskeyPapa
They could be.

Considering that they lack the connection to establish any coherent link between them, no. Not really. They are no better than a collection assembled by the dart board.

They all support the same thing -- an immovable attachment to the national union.

No. Not really. You are converting horse chestnuts into chestnut horses again, Walt.

Your quote from TJ, on the other hand, says not a word about the legality of secession under U.S. law

But it does say several words about the possibility of a legitimate unilateral separation and indicates Jefferson's own tolerance for such an event in a particular case. That's a heck of a lot more for secession than any one of your quotes indicates against it.

277 posted on 01/27/2003 10:36:48 AM PST by GOPcapitalist
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To: GOPcapitalist
Your quote from TJ, on the other hand, says not a word about the legality of secession under U.S. law

But it does say...

Then you lied; but you got caught again.

Walt

280 posted on 01/27/2003 10:43:11 AM PST by WhiskeyPapa (To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men)
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