No, they would exercise the natural right of rebellion. But Lost Causers refuse to admit that the south rebelled. They demand the protection of the law while rejecting the law's authority.
Lost Causers refuse to admit that the south rebelled. They demand the protection of the law while rejecting the law’s authority.
As has already been pointed out — and as I have demonstrated and Idabilly noted in posts #95 & #100 — the Confederate States merely reclaimed the rights they had given to the Federal Government in Washington — AS THEY’D AGREED TO in their Ratification Conventions! The same debates took place in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts as in Virginia and South Carolina.
It was only when the Union faced losing CONTROL over the economically NECESSARY South that they FOUND REASON to REQUIRE the SOUTH to stay in the Union. The South recognized the Laws — The Union changed their MEANINGS in order to enforce a Union that was perpetual and unbreakable — regardless of how it inhibited or destroyed the liberties of “the States... or the People.” So much for the Constitution....
[Bubba]No, they would exercise the natural right of rebellion. But Lost Causers refuse to admit that the south rebelled. They demand the protection of the law while rejecting the law's authority.
Again, not true there Bubba! How can the creators partake in rebellion against their own creation? You can drop all that law jazz too. It was the South who wanted the Constitution followed, the law. When you Northern folk had violated the agreement (the Constitution) and proved you had no interest in an honest disagreement or being neighborly, the South left. Sadly, like any domestic abuser, y'all can't handle rejection or differences. The end result is always with your famous time honored tradition: torching family homesteads.