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To: broken_arrow1

Didn’t we just see this thread a little while ago? LOL...

But — on the issue presented here — when Texas lost the Civil War and was finally forced back into the union, one of the conditions for being allowed back into the union was that secession was no longer valid. And that’s the way it is now. Texas gave up the right of secession after losing the Civil War...


16 posted on 04/17/2009 8:33:23 AM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: Star Traveler
when Texas lost the Civil War and was finally forced back into the union, one of the conditions for being allowed back into the union was that secession was no longer valid.

From what I read a looooooong time ago, there was a document that was never actually signed (or signed by someone who didn't have the authority?). Back then, it was considered a legal loop hole that would allow Texas to legally escape.

19 posted on 04/17/2009 8:39:28 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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