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To: jeffersondem
Washington and Jefferson had opposite views of The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions.

I assume you mean Madison and Jefferson. Washington had nothing to do with them. And Madison later wrote, "But the ability and the motives disclosed in the Essays induce me to say, in compliance with the wish expressed, that I do not consider the proceedings of Virginia in '98-99 as countenancing the doctrine that a State may at will secede from its Constitutional compact with the other States. A rightful secession requires the consent of the others, or an abuse of the compact absolving the seceding party from the obligations imposed by it."

388 posted on 06/22/2017 1:02:21 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

“I assume you mean Madison and Jefferson. Washington had nothing to do with them.”

There you go; wrong again. I meant Jefferson and Washington. Jefferson and Madison are credited with writing the Resolutions. Washington went on record as opposing, at least in part.

So Jefferson and Washington disagreed illustrating my point - more importantly General Eisenhower’s point - that, “Men of probity, character, public standing and unquestioned loyalty, both North and South, had disagreed over this issue as a matter of principle from the day our Constitution was adopted.”


390 posted on 06/22/2017 2:34:18 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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