Anne- Traitors will not do to describe the actions of people who were 
exercising their Constitutional right to secede.

"On June 26, 1788, Virginia's elected delegates met to ratify the 
Constitution. In their ratification document, they said, "The People of 
Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the 
Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be 
resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or 
oppression and that every power not granted thereby remains with them and at 
their will."
When New York delegates met on July 26, 1788, their ratification document 
read, "That the Powers of Government may be resumed by the People, 
whensoever it shall become necessary to their Happiness; that every Power, 
Jurisdiction and right which is not by the said Constitution clearly 
delegated to the Congress of the United States, or the departments of the 
government thereof, remains to the People of the several States, or to their 
respective State Governments to whom they may have granted the same."

On May 29, 1790, the Rhode Island delegates made a similar claim in their 
ratification document: "That the powers of government may be resumed by the 
people, whensoever it shall become necessary to their happiness: That the 
rights of the States respectively to nominate and appoint all State 
Officers, and every other power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by the 
said constitution clearly delegated to the Congress of the United States or 
to the departments of government thereof, remain to the people of the 
several states, or their respective State Governments to whom they may have 
granted the same."

Here's a couple questions for you: Has the United States Congress usurped 
powers that were not delegated to it by the Constitution? From their 
ratification statements, isn't it clear that the nation's Founders assumed 
that States and the people have a right to take back powers they granted 
Congress in the Constitution? All but your highly trained legal scholars, 
politicians and bureaucrats – and others having contempt for the founding 
principles – will agree: Yes, Congress has exceeded its delegated powers. 
And, yes, states have a right to take back (resume) powers delegated to the 
federal government – in a word the right to secede from the Union.

The Founders, who feared federal consolidation of power, saw secession as 
the ultimate brake on federal abuse and usurpation. However, President 
Abraham Lincoln, through nothing less than brutal military force, settled 
that issue. He acted unconstitutionally and with ruthless contempt for the 
founding principles.

Have you ever wondered why Jefferson Davis and other Confederate leaders 
were never tried for treason? The easy answer is that plaintiffs would have 
been laughed out of court because the right of state secession had been 
taken for granted."

- Walter E Williams 
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28529

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anne Pemberton" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Those who create pretty words to describe the actions of traitors are 
> fooling no one but themselves.

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