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To: Heyworth

And Maryland was considered a slave state until Lincoln arrested the Maryland legislature and stripped them of their Constitutional rights.


81 posted on 03/17/2006 12:12:48 PM PST by Paige ("Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." --George Washington)
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To: Paige
And Maryland was considered a slave state until Lincoln arrested the Maryland legislature and stripped them of their Constitutional rights.

Yeah, and it was considered one afterward, too. Right up until November 1, 1864, when they abolished it. And by Constutional rights, do you mean the right to repudiate the Constitution and take up arms against the United States?

100 posted on 03/17/2006 2:51:03 PM PST by Heyworth
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To: Paige
And Maryland was considered a slave state until Lincoln arrested the Maryland legislature and stripped them of their Constitutional rights.

And just when did he do this?

145 posted on 03/19/2006 4:18:25 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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