[capitan_refugio]

"Actually, they purported themselves to be the government for all of Virginia, held a mock Saddam Hussein style referendum that carried by 99.9% to partition themselves, and ran to Lincoln asking for admission for themselves plus a couple dozen counties to their south who wanted nothing to do with him. Lincoln orchestrated Congress behind their admission. All the while, the government of Virginia never once agreed to the partition."

Why not tell the truth? Or are you still working on that historical fiction? What did the so-called "government" of Viginia have to do with it? No such constitutional government existed at the time.

[GOPcapitalist]

What did the so-called "government" of Viginia have to do with it?

I just told you - they purported themselves to represent the entire state, called an unauthorized "referendum" in the counties around Wheeling on partitioning a new state, let only their sympathizers vote for a Saddam-style 99% victory, claimed a couple dozen counties to their south as theirs as well, and took it all to Lincoln for a rubber stamp.