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To: Non-Sequitur

The Secession Ordinance of the Sovereign State of South Carolina.


1,017 posted on 12/05/2006 8:37:23 AM PST by TexConfederate1861 ("Having a picture of John Wayne doesn't make you a Texan :) ")
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To: TexConfederate1861
The Secession Ordinance of the Sovereign State of South Carolina.

The secession document may have been a declaration of their intent to rebel, but it wasn't a license to steal. Federal property was federal property, and constitutionally only Congress can dispose of it. If you want to take the broader viewpoint then it was the property of all the states, and nothing gave South Carolina the right to appropriate federal property without compensation.

1,019 posted on 12/05/2006 8:45:37 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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