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 [log in to unmask] To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html