IF a reservation of the right to secede were a violation of or inconsistent with the constitution, others would have said something. If you are making a deal with someone and he makes claim to a condition you don’t agree with, and you then accept that agreement, you have accepted that term or condition. If you cannot accept that term or condition then you must not accept. In contract law, adding a term would be considered a counter offer.....one the offeree will be bound by if he accepts the agreement.
I did not say the New England states “tried” to secede. Their representatives were literally on the way to Washington DC when the war of 1812 ended.
And besides, everyone knows that when they signed their ratifications they secretly had their fingers crossed.
*SMH*
Madison did.
I did not say the New England states “tried” to secede. Their representatives were literally on the way to Washington DC when the war of 1812 ended.
If they were on their way to D.C. then it would have been to deliver the report from the Hartford Convention - Link
And nowhere in that does it threaten secession.