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It's not usual for you and me to disagree, but here goes.

I assume secession illegal, and in fact, I take it to be rebellion.

The bulk of the duly elected legislators were in rebellion, but the remainder not. Acting on behalf of the whole, the loyal legislators petitioned for what they had wanted for over 80 years, a legitimate partition of the state. Just as in Washington DC, the rebel legislators had voluntarily given up their votes by walking out. Just as in DC, in VA the remainder acted, legally, for the whole.

The request was contitutional and was duly accepted by Congress. It was actually mild in some ways ... consider what they could have done ... say, abolished slavery in the whole state, and otherwise acted on its behalf, with a view to supporting the Union. They did no such thing, of course, but merely set themselves apart from the whole, which they had long wished to do.

Somehow, I'm not shocked.

Cheers,

Richard F.

[Rowdee]

Mr. Ferrier, I am shocked....seriously shocked...that you would offer up such as an excuse--yes, excuse, to circumvent the Constitution as duly adopted by the various states that made up the Union.

To say that merely because they wanted to split their state up for 80 years and hence they are justified to disregard the Constitution, speaks volumes for exactly what is wrong with the Nation today.

The Democrats justify their slime and filth and leftist leanings and the Republicans are right there doing it for their 'cause'.

I'll tell ya, something, Mr. Ferrier....back in Montana, when our county was crapping on county residents right and left, we were told we didn't count because our tax base was low. We local citizens took our cause to the state legislature and actually got a law enacted whereby we could establish a method to secede from one County and make a new one or go to an existing one.

Our county personnel poo-pooed and fought us with our own tax dollars testifying before our Legislature--but we won......and we did it the right way....and we didn't have to do anything illegal and drape the state flag around it and call it 'legal'.

What in hell has happened with the conservative movement that law and order only applies when the PTB decrees such....are we so under the King's command and control?

Answer me, Dick.....is Dr. Keyes feeling this way, too---the ends justify the means??

That answer will tell me all I need to know about the Declaration Foundation, the Constitution, and Dr. Keyes....

Thanks....I'll patiently await your response...or his, should he care to come on.