[John H K]

What mechanism exists to eliminate a state from the union? Are we stuck with the NE states for ever?

There was a great deal of serious discussion of seccession in New England during the War of 1812, as the war was hated in those states because it completely destroyed the seaborne trade of the US; support for the war was entirely from inland states that wanted to conquer Canada.

[Poohbah]

There was a great deal of serious discussion of seccession in New England during the War of 1812, as the war was hated in those states because it completely destroyed the seaborne trade of the US; support for the war was entirely from inland states that wanted to conquer Canada.

And John Calhoun was most noisily against secession--but suddenly flip-flopped when it suited him.

[y2k_free_radical]

We should have done same