[SierraWasp]

"(The West was not part of the United States when the Constitution was written.)"

Then, if that be true and we have no equal footing with the others, don't we have more reason to abandon the Union than the South ever did?

I think I have a clue what you were referring to as the "Corporate Congress," and the "Corporate US Gov." but I want to be sure, could you refresh me on this concept?

[marsh2]

By corporate I mean a body made up of representatives of citizens from many states that acts as one entity - a union - a corporate entity. (Originally, in the days when the dual sovereignty of the States and federal government was stronger and more distinct, the Senate was elected by the State legislators, so the corporate body included representatives from every state.)

This would be different than a Confederation, where the several parties retain their separate identities.

When the original states ceeded ownership of the wastelands, it did so through a deed of cession. There had to be a legal corporate entity to receive ownership of that property. This corporate entity was a federal union of representatives of and from all the states in Congress.