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To: central_va
I have been asking myself that for a long time. One reason is that the Federal take over of all things to all people is so complete that the thought of powerful state governors and legislatures is a foreign concept. Even though that was the original intent.

According to the Jeffersonian tradition. The Hamiltonian tradition, which is just as old, holds otherwise. And unlike Jefferson, Hamilton was an actual Founding Father who helped create the Constitution.

The Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian schools of thought on the Constitution have been with us from the beginning. One is just as legitimate as the other. Lincoln was merely a Hamiltonian, just as Washington, Clay, and Webster were before him.

Why did Southerners attack New England for talking secession during the Jefferson administration and the War of 1812? Didn't they believe in "states' rights?"

217 posted on 08/20/2013 7:52:28 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (The Left: speaking power to truth since Shevirat HaKelim.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Well I guess you are just another Federal Boot Licker then...


220 posted on 08/20/2013 8:01:10 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

“Why did Southerners attack New England for talking secession during the Jefferson administration and the War of 1812? Didn’t they believe in “states’ rights?”

Was there a war launched against New England to force them to remain in the union?


242 posted on 08/20/2013 10:00:40 AM PDT by Pelham (Deportation is the law. When it's not enforced you get California)
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