I think you know what I meant.
There was no reason not to discuss and adjust all the problems the country had. The way the sesesh did it makes them look like they were upset over the outcome of an election, held fair and square by the rules agreed to by all. And then they resorted to arms--firing on Old Glory. It was shameful and disgraceful, and your lame attempt at obfuscation won't change that.
Walt
So, the Commissioners requesting meetings with Lincoln is not enough for you. OK.
Here is what another state did:
Taken from US House of Representatives Misc. Documents, 36th Congress, 2nd Session, Document No. 27.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE RELATIVE TO
The present condition of national affairs, and suggesting certain amendments to the Constitution
-------------------- January 28, 1861. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
-------------------- 1. Resolved by the general assembly of Tennessee, That a convention of delegates from all the slaveholding States should assemble at Nashville, Tennessee, or such other place as a majority of the States co-operating may designate, on the 4th day of February, to digest and define bases upon which, if possible, the federal Union and the constitutional rights of the slave States may be preserved and perpetuated....