[WhiskeyPapa]

"Thomas DiLorenzo marshals abundant unambiguous evidence that virtually every political leader of the time and earlier believed that states had a right of secession.

It would be hard to hang that on George Washington, as he urged an immovable attachment to the national union.

Walt

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Walt,

You are among the best finders of evidence in these arguments. Do you know of anything that would answer my question?

I had thought that the defenders of secession would have it at their fingertips, but it seems not to be the case.

Lee said that "in 1808 ... Virginia statesmen ..." had held secession to be nothing other than "treason." Surely the Virginians of that era were responding to something from the New England malcontents, but there seems to be little trace of it.

Any thoughts?

Richard F.