[Colonel Kangaroo]

Resolved, That, should the independence of the states, as secured by the constitution, be destroyed, the liberties of the people in so extensive a country cannot long survive. To suffer the United States' courts to decide on STATE RIGHTS will, from a bias in favor of power, necessarily destroy the FEDERAL PART of our Government.'

What did the federal government do in 1860 to destroy the independence of the states?

[4CJ]

What did the federal government do in 1860 to destroy the independence of the states?

In 1861 it waged war on a state to force it to remain in the union.