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re: If secession was legal then what right did the North have to keep the South in the USA?
Posted on 8/17/17 at 10:27 pm to WhiskeyPapa
Posted on 8/17/17 at 10:27 pm to WhiskeyPapa
Treason.
Honor.
Treason.
Honor.
Treason.
Honor.
See how easy that is?
This post was edited on 8/17/17 at 10:29 pm
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 11:09 am to WhiskeyPapa
Walt, if a group of states or people want to secede from the Union of the USA, I don't believe that they will be controlled by the question of whether or not it is "legal" to do so.
If you are determined to dissolve the Union, whether or not said Union thinks it's legal to do so isn't going to control one's determination to secede.
Secession was a big "frick You" to the USA. The people who seceded weren't interested in the USA's tender opinion on whether or not the frick You was legal.
So, IMHO, the legality question is interesting but not a completely important one. In any event, because the USA put no Confederate on trial for Treason, I think that the question answers itself -- NO INTENT TO COMMIT TREASON underscored by the USA's exercise of prosecutorial discretion DECLINING the option to conduct trials for Treason.
NO INTENT, Walt. It's the same defense that Flakey Comey cited for Hillary the Terrible.
Ironic, No?
If you are determined to dissolve the Union, whether or not said Union thinks it's legal to do so isn't going to control one's determination to secede.
Secession was a big "frick You" to the USA. The people who seceded weren't interested in the USA's tender opinion on whether or not the frick You was legal.
So, IMHO, the legality question is interesting but not a completely important one. In any event, because the USA put no Confederate on trial for Treason, I think that the question answers itself -- NO INTENT TO COMMIT TREASON underscored by the USA's exercise of prosecutorial discretion DECLINING the option to conduct trials for Treason.
NO INTENT, Walt. It's the same defense that Flakey Comey cited for Hillary the Terrible.
Ironic, No?
This post was edited on 8/18/17 at 11:10 am
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