[stand watie]

once more, SECESSION was/IS lawful under the 10th Amendment, as secession is NOT one of the powers of the states that was ceded to the central government.

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[detsaoT]

once more, SECESSION was/IS lawful under the 10th Amendment, as secession is NOT one of the powers of the states that was ceded to the central government.

As I pointed out in 202, the Northwest Ordinance (which pre-dates the 10th Amendment by almost a decade) clearly states that the Northwestern Territories shall eternally remain in the Confederacy of the United States of America. Since the Northwest Ordinance is, to my knowledge, still under lawful effect in those states, I would imagine that this statement still has force - If my logic is incorrect, one of our in-house historians is more than welcome to correct me. (I am relatively new to this, so please forgive me if I am incorrect.)

Warmest regards,
~dt~