Sorry Wlat, there's nothing for us to apologize for. The South respected the Constitution and abided by it, even suffering protectionist tariffs and internal (Yankee) improvement for years.
OTOH, it was the Yankee socialists that refused to abide by the terms of the Constitution, and by a decision of the Supreme Court.
I don't have to rely on words written 40 years after the Constitution to prove my case, nor resort to distortions and twisted mythological lies as "evidence" that secession was outlawed. Rather the mere fact that the states seceded from the Articles of Confederation - which state twice that they "be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual". Now either you can LIE that the states did not secede - meaning the Constitution is null and void, or else accede the fact that secession illegally occurred, and that the subsequent Constitution contains no provision for "perpetualness", nor any prohibition against secession.
I pity you sometimes, that you actually believe the drivel you write post.
Sorry Wlat, there's nothing for us to apologize for. The South respected the Constitution and abided by it, even suffering protectionist tariffs and internal (Yankee) improvement for years.
The south did not respect the Constitution; that is a joke. The Constitution has a conflict resolution process. It allows for amendments. The rebels completely ignored the law and the Constitution.
The Constitution clearly allows the Congress to provide for the common defense and general welfare. Secession is inimical to both.
And the Constitution states that the Constitution and the -laws- passed in pursuance shall be the supreme law of the land. These include the Militia Act of 1792 and the Judiciary Act of 1789, both the rebels p*issed all over -- just like they P*ssed on Olg Glory.
The famous Doctore Steiner relates:
"A clergyman tells me that he saw an aged crone come out of her house as certain rebels passed by trailing the American flag in the dust. She shook her long, skinny hands at the traitors and screamed at the top of her voice, "My curses be upon you and your officers for degrading your country's flag." Her expression and gesture as described to me were worthy of Meg Merilies.
Unilateral state secession is treason.
Walt
"The doctrine laid down by the law of Nations in the case of treaties is that a breach of any one article by any of the parties, frees the other parties from their engagements. In the case of a union of people under one Constitution, the nature of the pact had always been understood to exclude such an interpretation."
-- James Madison, (Remarks to the Constitutional Convention, July 23, 1787).
You've seen this before.
Walt