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To: KC Burke; Huck
Once the Constitution was ratified, Henry endorsed it.

During Washington's years in office, he migrated over to the Federalist Party and reversed his earlier stances. He opposed the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions as seditious.

He had a complete change of heart after the debate was over.

32 posted on 06/22/2010 12:41:25 PM PDT by Publius (Unless the Constitution is followed, it is simply a piece of paper.)
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To: Publius
He was right about the VA and KY resolutions. They don't square with the Constitution. He was right that VA was headed for civil war, that challenging national supremacy would lead to civil war and that the states would be worse off as a result.

He warned that civil war was threatened because Virginia, "had quitted the sphere in which she had been placed by the Constitution, and, in daring to pronounce upon the validity of federal laws, had gone out of her jurisdiction in a manner not warranted by any authority, and in the highest degree alarming to every considerate man; that such opposition, on the part of Virginia, to the acts of the general government, must beget their enforcement by military power; that this would probably produce civil war, civil war foreign alliances, and that foreign alliances must necessarily end in subjugation to the powers called in."

We know he was correct. The VA and KY resolutions led to Calhounism, which led to war.

33 posted on 06/22/2010 12:51:17 PM PDT by Huck (Q: How can you tell a party is in the minority? A: They're complaining about the deficit.)
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To: Publius

It’s actually comical to see Madison scurrying around, trying to undo what he and his federalist buddies had done. Henry could well have said, “I tried to warn you. This is what the Constitution creates. You can’t undo it now. And now you want to invite the wrath of the national government on VA? No thanks. He was correct.


34 posted on 06/22/2010 12:59:16 PM PDT by Huck (Q: How can you tell a party is in the minority? A: They're complaining about the deficit.)
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