[lentulusgracchus]

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I pointed out in Reply 323 and 324 that it was CajunPrince who was wrong and not Walt. I guess you missed those, huh?

Saw your posts, and just offhand, creating a dispositive distinction between "treason" and "raising insurrection" is mighty thin. These word quibbles need something to eat.

John Brown attacked a United States arsenal with a force of armed men and killed federal troops. Hooting because the word "treason" doesn't appear in the articles preferred against him doesn't strike me as a victory for truth and beauty.

[Non-Sequitur]

If you bothered to look at the entire thread between CajunPrince and WhiskeyPapa it began with Walt pointing out that the Federal Government had never hanged anyone for treason. CajunPrince brought out his three examples of Brown, Haupt, and Turner. I just pointed out that he was wrong on all three. Brown was hanged by Virginia after being convicted of treason against the Commonwealth, a neat trick considering that Brown was never a VCirginia resident and I would assume that would be a requirement for proving treason.