Nor did Washington under Democrat President Buchanan take any actions to prevent secessions.
FLT-bird: "But of course over and above that the two sectional leaders Virginia and New York made it crystal clear they were keeping that right with express declarations saying so at the time that they ratified the Constitution."
But no state and no Founder ever claimed an unlimited right of secession at pleasure.
All tied disunion to necessities, abuses & usurpations as spelled out in their Declaration of Independence.
FLT-bird: "Any argument put forth by the PC Revisionists to the contrary is a 'might make right' argument. "
A Declaration Of War, as Confederates did May 6, 1861, is the ultimate "might makes right" argument.
Your repetitive responding to respond in order to waste as much time as possible while failing to read and/or just claiming any source that is inconvenient for your arguments is automatically untrue, has likewise come to an end. Buh Bye.
55th attempt.
You are simply not going to steal hours of my day every day.
I doubt that you will encounter a more miserable pair of Lost Cause Losers than we have with these two.
“Seldom right, but never in doubt”