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Superbelt · 01-07-2005, 07:40 AM

Funny that you mentioned James Buchannan earlier. One of the things I remember about him is that and James Madison have said that since the United States has purchased territory from various Indian tribes, Mexico, Spain, France, and Russia that it had the powers of a national government.

also.
Secession cannot be justified by the revolution. They did not have a precedent from what we did in 1776. In 1776, the rebel states fought for their inalienable human rights. It is self contradictory that anyone would use it to try and justify the Confederates who would invoke their inalienable human rights to own slaves. The American Revolution was no moral or legal precedent for secession.
Owning slaves was the issue.

01-07-2005, 07:40 AM	#48 (permalink)
Superbelt This vexes me. I am terribly vexed. Location: Grantville, Pa	Funny that you mentioned James Buchannan earlier. One of the things I remember about him is that and James Madison have said that since the United States has purchased territory from various Indian tribes, Mexico, Spain, France, and Russia that it had the powers of a national government. also. Secession cannot be justified by the revolution. They did not have a precedent from what we did in 1776. In 1776, the rebel states fought for their inalienable human rights. It is self contradictory that anyone would use it to try and justify the Confederates who would invoke their inalienable human rights to own slaves. The American Revolution was no moral or legal precedent for secession. Owning slaves was the issue. Last edited by Superbelt; 01-07-2005 at 07:43 AM..