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To: southernsunshine
southernsunshine: "You sidestepped my request.
Please try again.
I'm asking for documentation from the Philadelphia convention."

In fact, I fully answered your original question, even if you don't like that answer.

Remember, the word "secession" does not appear in the Constitution, or the Federalist Papers or in any other document I know of from that time.
Nor is there explicit discussion of other words which mean "secession", except in the context I've quoted from Madison:

In other words, not just some generalized breach of contract, but specifically, as the Virginia ratification statement says, when Federal powers are:

Again, I would invite you to review all of your vast collection of quotes from Founders -- meaning those who wrote and voted to ratify the Constitution -- to see if any of them answered the secession question as something to be allowed, in Madison's term: "at pleasure".

244 posted on 01/12/2012 2:19:55 PM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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To: BroJoeK
In fact, I fully answered your original question, even if you don't like that answer.

No, you sidestepped my request. Documentation of Madison's "expression" from the Philadelphia convention, please.

Remember, the word "secession" does not appear in the Constitution...

Nor does Madison's "expression", however, the 10th Amendment does appear in the Bill of Rights.

245 posted on 01/12/2012 3:51:55 PM PST by southernsunshine
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