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Originally Posted by MarcBee
When it comes to such matters (at least at this level of governmental sovereinty) the crux of matter becomes not what a law book says, but whether or not you (the rebels) have the power to back up the claim. For example, try saying to your wife, "I divorce thee, I divorce thee, I divorce thee." That would have worked 3000 years ago in Jewish culture, but not today in our culture. But if you have the force to back it up, the situation may be different. As it turned out, the CSA could not back up the claim, at the cost of eventually 600,000 very human lives! So, maybe just try again if Y'all disagree. (Speaking rhetorically.)
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Ah, but you are viewing the United States of America from this side of the Northern Aggression. It should be remembered that it is the UNITED STATES which should have honored its constitutional limits and been submissive to the United States of America. The Declaration of Independence, and Articles of Confederation both allowed the "divorce" from the United States of America. It is the attitude of which you have which you seem to have which caused the war in the first place. Not the Confederate States of America.
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