I promise not to try your patience as I have done so the last few days. I
had hoped to bring some levity to a very serious problem. As always, this
elicits more animosity still 150 years later. 

I asked a friend of mine who is an extremely knowledgeable and wise
professor of law at a local law school. He also has numerous years of legal
corporate practice as well. This being said please see his answers. Brief
but telling. 

Answers:
1. Yes
2. Yes

On Feb 26, 2007, at 11:16 PM, John Philip Adams wrote:

Would you be so kind to ask Harry that when the South lost the war,  
did Texas;

1	Did we Lose the right to secede, since this was a codicil of the
1845 annexation agreement that we could secede at any time if we wanted to
do so.
2.	Can we still divide into 5 states?
See answers above.

Thank you all for your forbearance. 

John Philip Adams
Texas 
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