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To: GOPcapitalist; Non-Sequitur; capitan_refugio
Garbage. There can be no greater rejection of the Declaration than the use of force to deny the consent of the governed, and Lincoln did just that.

The consent of the governed?

Like the millions of slaves held in bondage?

Do not attempt to appeal to that which the South (Calhoun/Dred Scott) had rejected, the principle that all men are created equal and have the God-given right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

1,637 posted on 01/27/2005 12:50:36 PM PST by fortheDeclaration
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To: fortheDeclaration
Like the millions of slaves held in bondage?

No, like the millions of southerners who explicitly indicated that they no longer wished to be governed by Washington. A slave revolt is another matter in itself and has no bearing on whether or not the southern states consented to be governed by D.C.

1,644 posted on 01/27/2005 4:02:34 PM PST by GOPcapitalist ("Marxism finds it easy to ally with Islamic zealotism" - Ludwig von Mises)
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To: fortheDeclaration
Do not attempt to appeal to that which the South (Calhoun/Dred Scott) had rejected, the principle that all men are created equal and have the God-given right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

"If you disagree with me, you have no rights" -- that what you want to argue? Where have you been taking debating lessons? Who the hell have you been listening to -- Trotsky?

1,653 posted on 01/27/2005 4:46:05 PM PST by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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