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To: donmeaker

Your arguments fail. The question isn’t: Does a State have the right to rebel? The question is: Was the theory of the Declaration of Independence a universal truth, or was it a one-time specious proclamation that only applied at one moment in history? The English could argue, and did, that the Colonists were the freest most prosperous people on earth, and therefore had no right to disable their eternal connection to the motherland.

The Supreme Court settles nothing forever by the way, for if it did Dred Scott would still be the law of the land.


16 posted on 02/18/2012 12:17:15 PM PST by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can still go to hell.)
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To: HMS Surprise

So your argument is, except for the Constitution, except for the Articles of Confederation, and except for the Declaration of Independence, the Rebels were correct.


19 posted on 02/18/2012 12:23:48 PM PST by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: HMS Surprise
Was the theory of the Declaration of Independence a universal truth, or was it a one-time specious proclamation that only applied at one moment in history?

It wasn't theory. It was and is self-evident, in other words as-plain-as-the-nose-on-your-face, truth. Sadly, though, the South turned the Declaration on its head, using its eternal truth not to declare liberty to all men who had been created equal, but to enforce slavery and servitude on their fellow men.

158 posted on 02/19/2012 9:38:53 PM PST by EternalVigilance (We still hold these truths to be self-evident...)
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