It wasn't the states that put down the rebellion. It was the people.
Walt
Yawn. Where do you keep getting all of this intellectually light weight tripe, Walt?
"It is obvious that, on general principles of law and reason, there exists no such thing as a government created by, or resting upon, any consent, compact, or agreement of "the people of the United States" with each other; that the only visible, tangible, responsible government that exists, is that of a few individuals only, who act in concert, and call themselves by the several names of senators, representatives, presidents, judges, marshals, treasurers, collectors, generals, colonels, captains, etc., etc." - Lysander Spooner, 1870