To: SeekAndFind
Since we’re into Southerners vs Northerners, we might want to ask again -— was the civil war between the American North and South about slavery as the standard talking heads want us to believe, or was it about state rights and the right to self-determination? A state's right and determination to do what?
52 posted on
10/07/2010 8:45:00 AM PDT by
Non-Sequitur
(Hey mo-joe! Here's another one for your collection.)
To: Non-Sequitur
RE: A state’s right and determination to do what?
The thirteen states formed a loose confederation with a very weak federal government. However, when problems arose, the weakness of this form of government caused the leaders of the time to come together at the Constitutional Convention and create, in secret, the US Constitution.
Strong proponents of states rights like Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry were not present at this meeting. Many felt that the new constitution ignored the rights of states to continue to act independently.
They felt that the states should still have the right to decide if they were willing to accept certain federal acts. This resulted in the idea of nullification, whereby the states would have the right to rule federal acts unconstitutional. The federal government denied states this right. However, proponents such as John C. Calhoun fought vehemently for nullification. When nullification would not work and states felt that they were no longer respected, they moved towards secession.
To: Non-Sequitur
To own human beings for profit.
108 posted on
10/07/2010 9:37:50 AM PDT by
NucSubs
To: Non-Sequitur
To own human beings for profit.
109 posted on
10/07/2010 9:38:00 AM PDT by
NucSubs
To: Non-Sequitur
“A state’s right and determination to do what?”
What’s it to ya?
132 posted on
10/07/2010 10:04:14 AM PDT by
BnBlFlag
(Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
To: Non-Sequitur; SeekAndFind
A state's right and determination to do what?
Amendment IX The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
163 posted on
10/07/2010 11:32:26 AM PDT by
algernonpj
(He who pays the piper . . .)
To: Non-Sequitur
“A state’s right and determination to do what?”
Which part of self-determination is so difficult for that pea brain of yours to figure out, little lady?
188 posted on
10/07/2010 1:41:37 PM PDT by
jessduntno
(9/24/10, FBI raids home of appropriately named AAAN leader Hatem Abudayyeh, a friend of Obama.)
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