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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Washington would not have suspended the Constitution. While he was a federalist, he recognized that states were a part of the union of their own will, and had the right to secede if they wanted.


11 posted on 09/10/2005 6:05:41 AM PDT by DeeOhGee (If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there.)
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To: DeeOhGee

Lincoln did not suspend the Constition, just habeas corpus, which is perfectly constitutional.


14 posted on 09/10/2005 6:10:13 AM PDT by Grand Old Partisan
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To: DeeOhGee
Washington would not have suspended the Constitution.

Washington did not ignore the Constitution the way that Davis and his pet congress ignored their's.

34 posted on 09/10/2005 7:17:12 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: DeeOhGee
"Washington would not have suspended the constitution."
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I think that there are some who consider the use of federal troops during the Whiskey Rebellion as such. More troops were sent to PA, VA, NC, SC and GA than fought the British in the Revolution.
36 posted on 09/10/2005 7:24:38 AM PDT by Roccus (Able Danger? What's an Able Danger?)
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To: DeeOhGee

Complete crap. Washington's Farewell address was directed at potential secession. Read it sometime. He would have sent troops just as fast as Abe but any opposition would have collapsed at the word he was in the field.

Such falsehoods are indicative of the depths of desperation to which the defenders of Slaverocracy will stoop.


153 posted on 09/11/2005 8:38:02 PM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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