No funding of the Kalifornia government. Whats the use of secession if you are still going to turn to the feds for funding? I don’t think the Confederates were asking for anything from the federal government. My point is it would probably be very inconvenient for awhile if Kalifornia were to secede but do you really think a bunch of liberals could stand on their own 2 feet for very long much less run a country?
No offense meant but I just had to chuckle at that response. If you look at the newspaper articles, especially from Greeley's paper, of the period that's pretty much the same position they were taking in 1861 before the Southern states started the war. Everything old is new again.