[Ditto]

If you'll read the entire thing, he was admonishing government to keep its place, more than he was telling the people they MUST blindly obey the government.

So where was the Federal Government "outside of it's place?"

BTW. I know it's from the Farewell Address, but I posted it because you said that original intent is all that matters in interperting the Constitution, and it would seem logical that the President of the Constitutional Convention (who BTW had to deal with talk of secession and open rebellion during his own administration) would know a thing or two about original intent.

[MamaTexan]

So where was the Federal Government "outside of it's place?"

In trying to have a say so in whether or not the People owned slaves (Which is why I said th Missouri Compromise started the fracture, BTW)

Property is an absolute right, and not within the purview of government.

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and it would seem logical that the President of the Constitutional Convention (who BTW had to deal with talk of secession and open rebellion during his own administration) would know a thing or two about original intent.

So it would seem. As I've said before however, in trying to untangle the legalities of the war, pinpointing historical events requires they be accurately sourced.