If Secession Was Illegal - then How Come...?

The Patriotist ^ | 2003 | Al Benson, Jr.

[Melas]

Not belittle the suffering of anyone who was gang raped, but could you please explain to me how this act has implications [sic] that last until the present day?

[Grand Old Partisan]

James Madison and Abraham Lincoln both observed that if a state can secede it can be expelled.

[f.Christian]

In poker there is no prize for second place ... the worst hand (( sucker )) to have is 2nd best (( good cards with no help too )) --- very seldom there are ties !

Twilight zone poker -- politics !

[Grand Old Partisan]

Interesting post, but I miss your point.

[f.Christian]

2/3 rds majority wins -- takes the pot !

[Aurelius]

"...but I miss your point."

That's because you're stupid, as well as dishonest.

[f.Christian]

Or how about ...

the south had parity in the senate ---

no fancy shuffle or dealing was going to help the 'lost' cause !

I have smpathies in both directions !

[JohnGalt]

That you rely on your clairvoyance to rationalize away 600,000 war dead and call it part of Gods plan makes me wonder if the God you worship is Mars.

[SCDogPapa]

The minute they do so, they are a foreign country with a foreign government (who fires the first shot, even!), and then the US Congress can legally declare war on them - occupy the land - and bring those states back in once the war is won.

If I'm not mistaken,,Congress did not declare war until 3 months after Lincoln had ordered the invasion of the South.

[SCDogPapa]

The minute they do so, they are a foreign country with a foreign government (who fires the first shot, even!), and then the US Congress can legally declare war on them - occupy the land - and bring those states back in once the war is won.

If I'm not mistaken,,Congress did not declare war until 3 months after Lincoln had ordered the invasion of the South.

[SCDogPapa]

The minute they do so, they are a foreign country with a foreign government (who fires the first shot, even!), and then the US Congress can legally declare war on them - occupy the land - and bring those states back in once the war is won.

If I'm not mistaken,,Congress did not declare war until 3 months after Lincoln had ordered the invasion of the South.

[Fraulein]

ping

[Grand Old Partisan]

You are mistaken. Congress never declared war, which is an act taken against a foreign country not a domstic rebellion as was the Confederacy.

[SCDogPapa]

Well I was mistaken. I stand corrected. Thanks,,

[SCDogPapa]

Well I was mistaken. I stand corrected. Thanks,,

[SCDogPapa]

Well I was mistaken. I stand corrected. Thanks,,

[justshutupandtakeit]

Is there anything in that article which does not fit the catagory of BS?

[justshutupandtakeit]

Note that the author of this bilge offers a homeschooling course. Unfortunately I fear he is representative of far too many who worship at that alter.

[Poohbah]

Dang, dude, your "Post" button's on "BURST."

[justshutupandtakeit]

Those quotes are incorrect no matter their origin.

NONE of the founders agreed with those contentions. Not Washington, not Jefferson, not Madison, not Adams, not Hamilton, not Jackson. ALL abhorred the idea of splitting the Union. EVERY SINGLE ONE.