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To: Eagle Eye
Too bad the Declaration of Independence is lost on you.

You're tacitly claiming that the claims of the southern states had the same moral status as those of the colonies. There are good arguments to be made to support that position. There are also valid arguments against it.

But we're not talking about the Declaration. We're talking about the Constitution, and whether it gives the Federal Government the right to suppress insurrection. It does.

25 posted on 04/03/2002 10:39:58 AM PST by r9etb
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To: r9etb
You're tacitly claiming that the claims of the southern states had the same moral status as those of the colonies. There are good arguments to be made to support that position. There are also valid arguments against it.

Not tacitly anymore. Same moral plane. The right to self-government that we revere in the Declaration applies equally to other groups even when we might not agree with their purpose. The colonists were slave holders and slaver traders, so they had no higher moralilty if that is the issue.

But we're not talking about the Declaration. We're talking about the Constitution, and whether it gives the Federal Government the right to suppress insurrection. It does.

No disagreement about putting down an isurrection, but insurrection and secession are different. That said, the Revolution was insurrection, illegal, treason to the Crown, and a great idea.

204 posted on 04/03/2002 3:09:22 PM PST by Eagle Eye
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