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That war forced the seceded states back into the union, but didn't declare that state secession was illegal--that would be a job for the Supreme Court...

Look at Texas v. White.

Texas joined the union with an agreement that the state be able to secede and become fully independent again if that was what the state chose.

Myth. Read the document yourself: Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States Approved March 1, 1845

i'm surprised that you have the nerve to "show your face" on FR again, after you got caught in your very own "web of KNOWING lies" and then trying desperately to cover-up YOUR lies, by trying (withOUT success,btw!) to blame anyone/someone/everyone else for your own DISHONESTY.

further, you tried (again W/O success) to cover-up your DISHONESTY by offering a book (which even you admit doesn't exist) for sale on "the worldwidewierd", in violation of RI state law & only removed that fraudulent listing when you were notified that you had committed a crime.

the truth is that you've told so many lies, about so many subjects & for so long that NOBODY knows whether you lied on another WBTS thread about being:

1. the PERMANENTLY BANNED (from FR) "heyworth" and/or

2. a "member" of DU.

the UNvarnished TRUTH is that you should, if you were a DECENT/moral person, leave FR forever, after apologizing to everyone for being a LIAR, a south-HATER & a HUMILIATION to the otherwise excellent reputation of freerepublic.com.

imVho, your reputation is RUINED beyond redemption with everyone who reads the WBTS threads, so why not LEAVE FR & rejoin your "buddies" over on DU & A.N.S.W.E.R.??

laughing AT you.

free dixie,sw

"Look at Texas v. White."

In "the Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution" (2007) author Kevin Gutzman, J.D., Ph.D. wrote:

"In Texas v. White the Supreme Court declared that the Constitution "looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible states," and ruled that in fact Texas had never seceded, and that Texans had been wrong to think otherwise. The ruling was five to three, with the majority decision issued by Chief Justice Salmon P Chase, a former Lincoln cabinet member (who arguably should have recused himself) whose logic was less than convincing. Its constitutional basis was in Article IV's statement that "the United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government." Allegedly this proved that the Constitution supposed "an indestructible Union." The Latin phrase for such decisions is ipse dixit: asserted but not proved."

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My Comments: How else could the Supreme Court rule? If they ruled otherwise the people would realize that the Lincoln regime fought an illegal war. Ergo their husbands, fathers, sons, brothers and others were killed and maimed because of the illegal acts of aggression by their elected leaders. Hence the Republican party would not hold any elected office for the foreseeable future and could have easily spelled the demise of the party. It's even possible that civil unrest could even have taken down the government!

How else could the Supreme Court rule?

"...shall be admitted into the Union, by virtue of this act, on an equal footing with the existing States, as soon as the terms and conditions of such admission, and the cession of the remaining Texian territory to the United States shall be agreed upon by the governments of Texas and the United States..."

That's just the resolution and not the actual terms of agreement.