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To: FLT-bird

So we’ve determined the root of your condition - you may be able to read but you have zero reading comprehension.

Yes, secession was one of many topics at the Hartford Convention. And yes, there were some participants who felt that they should secede. But no, secession was never an adopted conclusion of the conventioneers.

“The Hartford Convention resulted in a declaration calling on the Federal Government to protect New England and to supply financial aid to New England’s badly battered trade economy. It also advanced recommendations for a few Constitutional amendments, including requiring a two-thirds majority vote in order for war to be declared.”

Doesn’t sound like a call for secession to me.

https://connecticuthistory.org/the-hartford-convention-today-in-history/


122 posted on 02/02/2020 8:27:05 PM PST by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: rockrr

Ah I KNEW you were going to try to weasel. Its what you do.

Yes as I said, they did not adopt a resolution to secede. They did discuss it. They did think it their right to do so.

And no, they would not have had to have adopted a resolution to secede in order to think they had the right to. Had they not thought it within their power/right they never would have bothered calling and coming to a convention to discuss whether they should.


123 posted on 02/02/2020 8:32:23 PM PST by FLT-bird
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