Of course, the first secession movement was a northern one as a result of northern dissatisfaction over the War of 1812 and against their valued trading partner, England.
I wouldn't mind if those northern states re-raised the issue and acted on it.
J South
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J. South,?
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There is strong evidence that one of the Vice Presidential candidates is/was
involved in a secessionist movement.?
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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.?
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> 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
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> I suspect we have not heard the last of secession in the US.?
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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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>> 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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