[stand watie]

in other words, you want "to have your cake & eat it too?????"

SORRY, but it doesn't work that way.

was the DAMNyankee controlled Congress legitimate because the southern states had lawfully seceded and a quorum existed without those states??? OR

was the 1961-65 Congress totally ILLEGITIMATE & all the actions of that "congress" FRAUDULENT???

so PICK ONE. (there are NO other acceptable answers.)

free dixie,sw

[Non-Sequitur]

so PICK ONE. (there are NO other acceptable answers.)

OK, I pick Congress was legitimate. What makes you say it wasn't?

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

was the DAMNyankee controlled Congress legitimate because the southern states had lawfully seceded and a quorum existed without those states???

Again you seem incapable of asking the right question. The secession of the southern states was illegal, but since a quorum of congress is a simple majority, they were fully capable of having a quorum without the southern representatives.

Here are the numbers:

Size of congress, as determined by 1860 census: 241

Number necessary for a quorum: 122

Number of southern representives; 63

Remaining congressmen: 178.

On the senate side, 22 senators walked out leaving 48. 36 would be enough for a quorum.