[rjsimmon]

EVERYBODY with a pulse knew South Carolina was going to secede from the Union.

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[wideawake]

EVERYBODY with a pulse knew South Carolina was going to secede from the Union.

Please see post 44.

And your point is well taken: even if this actually had been written in 1832 - which is, to put it mildly, very hard to swallow given the circumstances of its first publication - South Carolina had already threatened to secede and mobilize during the nullification crisis of 1828.

[sevenbak]

Actually, it was 39 years after Joseph Smith said it, not 20. I misspoke.