To: 4CJ
Then you agree that 'perpetual' does not mean permanent, that it simply means 'without a stated end'. I believe that I've said all along that I believe that secession is permissible, just the unilateral manner in which the South chose to pursue it was illegal.
256 posted on
08/28/2007 1:17:00 PM PDT by
Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
I believe that I've said all along that I believe that secession is permissible, just the unilateral manner in which the South chose to pursue it was illegal.Chase said the same. But you obviously do not share Chases' view that perpetual = permanent. According to Chase a more 'perfect union' made something [non-]permanent more permanent, yet that previous perpetual union only lasted 9 years. Maybe if the framers had changed "more perfect" to "new and improved" Chase would have understood it.
263 posted on
08/28/2007 1:32:05 PM PDT by
4CJ
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