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A bit of the Ohio resolution:

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Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, passed January 12, 1861.

RESOLVED by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, as follows:

1. That the people of Ohio, believing that the preservation of the Unity of Government that constitutes the American people one people, is essential to the support of their tranquility at home, of their peace abroad, of their safety, of their prosperity, and of that very liberty which they so highly prize, are firmly and ardently attached to the National Constitution and the Union of the States.

2. That the General Government cannot permit the secession of any State without violating the obligations by which it is bound, under the compact, to the other States and to every citizen of the United States.

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There are more from other states, all to the same effect.

I consider this point settled.

Richard F.

All you statists or unionists are full of BS. The simple fact is that eleven states seceded. And I will predict that total will be substantially exceeded before the year 2016 starts and that the United States will be completely dissolved before the end of 2016.

I won't attempt to predict the reaction of the President when the first state secedes within this decade. My guess is that he will offer a show of force, but before any blood is shed, he will let the state go in peace. Who will ever forget Boris Yeltsin's stand? One man faced down the Soviet Union's military might led by a column of tanks. How would it look for the United States to kill one sitting in the capital of the seceded state? How will it look to all Americans and the rest of the world for a President and the United States to declare war on a non-violent seceding state acting under the Declaration of Independence?

Is the United States prepared to be beseiged by terrorism of its own citizens making on a growing and unprecedented scale. My own bet is that the US will not use force or resort to war. If they can not contain the secession with local police/national guard without blood shed; I don't think they will resort to military action. If the seceding state used any show of force, violence or confiscation of US property or detained any US citizens against their will, it would be completely the opposite. The revolt would be ended with whatever military force was required.

The determinging factor will be the statements of the seceding state, that the action is not only non-violent but clearly peaceable without malice or infringement on the rights of any who did not wish to participate in the secession.