To: smug
ridiculous, the constitution says you cant form a state of of a part of a existing state You can't form it without consent of Congress as well as the legislature. That part of the Virginia legislature not participating in the rebellion was recognized as the legitimate government of Virginia by Congress. It was they who petitioned Congress to allow the partition.
276 posted on
04/05/2007 8:18:27 AM PDT by
Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
and the DAMNyankee-controlled congress was ITSELF fraudulent, upon the secession of the rest of the states.
free dixie,sw
277 posted on
04/05/2007 8:54:55 AM PDT by
stand watie
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