[capitan_refugio]

The Constitution did not create the Union. The Union already existed.

And yes, I am familiar with the argumnets made by the smaller states with regard to the potential "tyranny" of the larger states. Which is why the Philadelphia Convention addressed those issues and why the compromise was reached on proportion suffrage in the House and equal suffrage in the Senate.

[stand watie]

the MISTAKE made was NOT to put a "secession clause" in the Constitution, which PLAINLY stated that ANY STATE or GROUP of STATES could leave the union by POPULAR VOTE!

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