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To: stormer
He was the military commander of an insurrectionist faction that took up arms against the United States of America.

He was a native son of a state whose interests he represented over and above that of the Federal government.

If we could have 400 such men in Washington today, this would be a great country indeed.

75 posted on 06/22/2018 12:46:45 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: Alberta's Child
If we could have 400 such men in Washington today, this would be a great country indeed.

We have the 17th amendment to thank for that, in part.

232 posted on 06/22/2018 3:12:40 PM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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