To: since 1854; Non-Sequitur
,which the Pierpont administration provided.
Those counties, under the laws of the State of Virginia, did not have a quorum therefore any vote they may have taken was illegal.
303 posted on
04/05/2007 6:37:17 PM PDT by
smug
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To: smug
Those counties, under the laws of the State of Virginia, did not have a quorum therefore any vote they may have taken was illegal. The U.S. Supreme Court apparently saw it differently.
304 posted on
04/05/2007 7:28:33 PM PDT by
Non-Sequitur
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To: smug
Once it met, the state convention WAS the government of Virginia and those delegates who voted to rebel thereby were no longer legitimate delegates, leaving the loyal delegates as the state government. Congress and the President and the Supreme Court agreed. Your disagreement is with them, not me.
307 posted on
04/06/2007 5:47:03 AM PDT by
since 1854
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