[John O]

But George Washington said that there should be an "immovable attachment" to the national union.

The british government said the same thing. IN the course of human events it sometimes becomes necessary to part ways. The war between the states was one of them. No union is permanent, they only last while they have the consent of the whole people. A large percentage (roughly half?) of the people of those Untied States chose to no longer be untited.

According to your thought process (apparently) we should all still be british citizens.

[WhiskeyPapa]

But George Washington said that there should be an "immovable attachment" to the national union.

The british government said the same thing. IN the course of human events it sometimes becomes necessary to part ways.

All well and good, but there is no provision to break the Union in U.S. law.

Walt