[Idabilly]

“Again, may a single state or sovereignty alter or revoke its commissions with regard to the deputy federal government, which commissions were granted by all, or may a single state or sovereignty even remove limitations upon the federal governemnt which all the states imposed? “

To quote Madison:

“Here, too, were facts on the other side. It has been alleged, that this contract, having been formed by unanimous consent, could only be dissolved by only unanimous consent.”

“A breach of the fundamental principles of the compact by a part of the society, would certainly absolve the other party to their obligations to it.”

During the convention,of course.....

[Diamond]

Madison
"...A breach of the fundamental principles of the compact by a part of the society, would certainly absolve the other party to their obligations to it.”

Isn't that what Lincoln said in so many words in the quote that I cited?

"If the United States be not a government proper, but an association of States in the nature of contract merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it—break it, so to speak—but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it?"

So what exactly is your complaint about what Lincoln said? You answer his question, "does it not require all to lawfully rescind it"? with "no". Isn't a "breach" or a "violation" the antithesis of a lawful rescision?

Cordially,