To: gjmerits
Uh. wow. Talk about not understanding. Lincoln was asserting that should the union not be preserved, the divided country could not survive... the same argument made by the founding fathers when they chose the Gadsden (”teaparty”) flag: United We Stand, Divided We Fall.
5 posted on
09/07/2010 12:48:11 PM PDT by
dangus
To: cowboyway; central_va; dcwusmc; MagnoliaB; Cvengr; southernsunshine; Salamander; PeaRidge; ...
6 posted on
09/07/2010 12:51:09 PM PDT by
Idabilly
("When injustice becomes law....Resistance becomes DUTY !")
To: dangus
For what it’s worth, attempting to leave the Union when a national election doesn’t go the way you want doesn’t sound like a core democratic principle to many.
Thanks for responses, flames, etc. in advance.
(I am breaking my cardinal rule on FR: never debate the Civil War, or evolution.)
7 posted on
09/07/2010 12:51:24 PM PDT by
cvq3842
To: dangus
Lincoln was asserting that should the union not be preserved, the divided country could not survive.The Civil War proved one thing, a group of states can break off form their own National legislature, start an Army from scratch and immediacy fight a huge war. They can do this in less than 4 months.
8 posted on
09/07/2010 12:51:55 PM PDT by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: dangus
Not true..... “Consent of the governed,” anyone ?
15 posted on
09/07/2010 12:57:47 PM PDT by
Idabilly
("When injustice becomes law....Resistance becomes DUTY !")
To: dangus
Uh. wow. Talk about not understanding. Lincoln was asserting that should the union not be preserved, the divided country could not survive... the same argument made by the founding fathers when they chose the Gadsden (teaparty) flag: United We Stand, Divided We Fall.””
This was when we faced a common enemy, the British Empire.
29 posted on
09/07/2010 1:14:04 PM PDT by
Neoliberalnot
((Read "The Grey Book" for an alternative to corruption in DC))
To: dangus
...or what the British said when telling the Colonies they couldn’t leave to govern themselves.
33 posted on
09/07/2010 1:16:37 PM PDT by
DwFry
(Baby Boomers Killed Western Civilization!)
To: dangus
Our founders did not force a union. Lincoln was a tyrant, and the forerunner of men like Hussein.
36 posted on
09/07/2010 1:24:27 PM PDT by
Tzfat
To: dangus
The President of the United States does not take an oath to help the "country" to "survive." He takes an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. Any state has the right to secede. EVERY state had the DUTY to secede the moment Roe v. Wade was handed up, and the President failed to guarantee that the Executive Branch would refuse to enforce it against the states.
92 posted on
09/07/2010 4:54:58 PM PDT by
Arthur McGowan
(In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
To: dangus
The President of the United States does not take an oath to help the "country" to "survive." He takes an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. Any state has the right to secede. EVERY state had the DUTY to secede the moment Roe v. Wade was handed up, and the President failed to guarantee that the Executive Branch would refuse to enforce it against the states.
93 posted on
09/07/2010 4:55:11 PM PDT by
Arthur McGowan
(In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
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