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 In fact, from 1825-1840 the cadets at West Point learned government from the text of William Rawle's book, A View of the Constitution of the United States of America.? The book taught the prevailing view that secession was an absolute right of each state, which could decide at any time whether it wanted to continue as a member of the Union.

Lincoln never gave the US courts the opportunity to render an opinion on the Constitutionality of secession.? He just summarily called for the raising of an army to invade the initially seceding states, and thereby drove states that had not yet seceded, like Virginia, out of the Union; and drove REL into the service of Virginia rather than the Federal government.

I suspect we have not heard the last of secession in the US.

J South


 


 

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At the time there was considerable debate as to the legality of secession. It was resolved, rather messily by the war. But constitutionally, it is my understanding, that the right of secession is still debatable. So it was not "illegal". And for the record before Anne jumps all over me, as far as I know all of my relatives, including the Lees, were Yankees.?
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On Oct 12, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Anne Pemberton wrote:?
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> J. South,?

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> Actually, the president only acted AFTER the south illegally > seceded, and then attacked the federal garrison at Fort Sumpter. > Even had the secession been legal, which it wasn't, taking over the > Fort at Sumpter was not at all legal.?

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> So don't blame the man who happened to be siting in the White House > when the south lost its marbles.?

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> Anne?

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