[stand watie]

the CSA, fyi, was NOT US soil after SECESSION. no matter how much you may WISH it was not so, secession was/IS lawful.

the STATES created the federal government and the STATES therefore are FREE to modify/change/abolish/withdraw from the union and/or accept new states into the union at the STATES whim.

that is the TRUE importance of the TENTH AMENDMENT!

free dixie,sw

[AuntB]

Stand, I agree with your opinion that the Southern states had the right to break from the Union. Now, about Stand Watie. Yes, he was a slave owner. He headed the Southern rights party which only included those that supported slavery. Now, we can discuss for ever the right and wrong of it, but he was a slave owner. If you were Cherokee, you were either a slave owner or a slave. Not many choices given to them at the time.

[Non-Sequitur]

the CSA, fyi, was NOT US soil after SECESSION. no matter how much you may WISH it was not so, secession was/IS lawful.

Secession is synonymous with stealing?