Posted on 02/09/2011 3:42:15 PM PST by central_va
TJ was open about the inalienable right of secession.
Thomas Jefferson on January 29, 1804(While servicing as 3rd president of the united States) letter to Dr. Joseph Priestly wrote:
“Whether we remain in one confederacy, or form into Atlantic and Mississippi confederacies, I believe not very important to the happiness of either part. Those of the western confederacy will be as much our children & descendants as those of the eastern, and I feel myself as much identified with that country, in future time, as with this; and did I now foresee a separation [i.e., secession] at some future day, yet I should feel the duty & the desire to promote the western interests as zealously as the eastern, doing all the good for both portions of our future family which should fall within my power.”
http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo103.html
I reject your construct.
“”Your reasons for forcing this abusive union upon people is entirely reprehensible.”
I reject your construct.”
I of course reject your right to force union upon anyone.
So maybe it will again and again come down to a contest after all...
I rather doubt it. We shall see.
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