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To: arrogantsob

But this was not an insurrection nor a rebellion. It was sovereign states exercising their right to secede. Nowhere in the constitution is the federal government granted the power to forcibly hold a state in that no longer consents to be governed by it.


150 posted on 08/15/2018 1:11:55 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird

The Union was designed to be perpetual under the Articles and the Constitution “perfected” that Union.

Nullification was illegal (Jackson threaten to hang the leaders). The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions were never supported even by the Southern states. I don’t even think that Va. endorsed them.


181 posted on 08/15/2018 2:07:25 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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