FINALLY! A RAY OF LIGHT FOR THE YANKEE DARKNESS!
But alas, I fear the Yankees will never admit to the wrongs of Lincoln.
Is the Declaration of Independence part of the federal Constitution? The short answer, of course, is "no." For the Declaration to be part of the Constitution, it would have to have been included in the original document ratified by at least nine of the conventions held in the original 13 states between 1787 and 1789, or added by amendment, which requires a two- thirds vote of both houses of Congress and the assent of three quarters of the state legislatures. The Declaration was never ratified by either method.
[B]ut the words of the Declaration have no continuing legal or constitutional status.
"Eyes they have, but see not, ears, but hear not."
FINALLY! A RAY OF LIGHT FOR THE YANKEE DARKNESS!
But alas, I fear the Yankees will never admit to the wrongs of Lincoln.