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To: andy_card
NO STATE would have joined the union if they had believed that the union was "indivisible". that is FACT!

the states created the federal government, therefore they can modify its form or destroy the union at the whim of the states. secession was/IS lawful.

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80 posted on 11/12/2002 9:56:24 AM PST by stand watie
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To: stand watie
the states created the federal government, therefore they can modify its form or destroy the union at the whim of the states. secession was/IS lawful.

Since you seem so interested in the academic credentials of others, maybe you could let us know where you received your law degree.

85 posted on 11/12/2002 10:04:18 AM PST by andy_card
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To: stand watie
NO State would have joined the Union if they had believd that the union was indivisible. That is FACT.

Oh, no it's not.

Try reading Article XIII of the Articles of Confederation:

...the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the Union shall be perpetual...

104 posted on 11/12/2002 10:25:05 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: stand watie
NO State would have joined the Union if they had believd that the union was indivisible. That is FACT.

Oh, no it's not.

Try reading Article XIII of the Articles of Confederation:

...the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the Union shall be perpetual...

107 posted on 11/12/2002 10:27:34 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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