Wrong! The end of the Constitutional Republic!
There is not a nickel's worth of difference in how Washington, Madison, Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln viewed the nature of the Constitution and the nature of the Union.
Walt
Really? Cause this is what Jefferson said about the union:
"The future inhabitants of the Atlantic & Missipi States will be our sons. We leave them in distinct but bordering establishments. We think we see their happiness in their union, & we wish it. Events may prove it otherwise; and if they see their interest in separation, why should we take side with our Atlantic rather than our Missipi descendants? It is the elder and the younger son differing. God bless them both, & keep them in union, if it be for their good, but separate them, if it be better." - Thomas Jefferson, to John C. Breckinridge, August 12, 1803