Tom,

To be honest, that didn't do it for me either. Being one of the southerners 
who went into that "Peace Conference" dead set against any reasonable 
compromise on either states rights or slavery, does not recommend that 
person.

The Declaration of Independence clearly stated that EVERY HUMAN BEING was 
born with CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS that no government could take away. 
With that concept, there could be no determination of human right as the 
right of ANY government, including a state government.

Anne

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From: "Excalibur131" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:15 PM
Subject: John Tyler


> As the Civil War approached, John Tyler sponsored and chaired the Virginia
> Peace Convention as an effort to devise means to prevent the impending 
> war.
> Tyler had long been an advocate of states' rights, believing that the
> question of a state's "free" or "slave" status ought to be decided at the
> state level, with no input from federal government. The convention sought 
> a
> compromise to avoid civil war. When war broke out, Tyler unhesitatingly
> sided with the Confederacy, and became a delegate to the Provisional
> Confederate Congress. He was then elected to the House of Representatives 
> of
> the Confederate Congress, but died in Richmond, Virginia before he could
> assume office.
>
> Perhaps this is more memorable or notable than the annexation of Texas to
> the Union?
>
> Tom
> South Central Virginia & More
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