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To: Non-Sequitur

Sure there was. But then, you knew that too.

Not really. The Union is perpetual, not permanent. States come, States go.

States went.

472 posted on 07/18/2005 10:25:48 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)

To: lentulusgracchus

States come, States go. States went.

And when they choose armed conflict as their manner of leaving then that is called rebellion.

474 posted on 07/18/2005 10:27:45 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur

To: lentulusgracchus

The Union is perpetual, not permanent. States come, States go. States went.

'[T]he government of the Union is a confederation of equal and independent states with limited powers'. Limited FEDERAL powers.

Who wrote it? The legislature of Massachusetts under date of 1809.

503 posted on 07/18/2005 12:36:05 PM PDT by 4CJ (||) OUR sins put Him on that cross. HIS love for us kept Him there.(||)

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