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To: Ohioan

Secession is, if anything, imposing the Secess’s view on the other states because it attacks the Union itself.


105 posted on 08/15/2018 12:12:24 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: arrogantsob; wardaddy; Pelham; DiogenesLamp; Dick Bachert; GSWarrior
Read the document. The "union" was an attempt to accomplish specific functions. The specific functions--which did not include one faction imposing its will on internal affairs on another--became virtually impossible with the decline in mutual respect, and a common identity.

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The Founders never intended to impose form over substance. Why does the idea even appeal to you?

118 posted on 08/15/2018 12:21:15 PM PDT by Ohioan
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