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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (9893)6/14/2001 5:11:32 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) of 59480
 
Almost all states outside of the original thirteen began as territories administered by the federal government, and were accepted as states by conforming to certain standards and being subject to the decision of the Congress. Clearly, the federal government created most of the states in the Union, not the other way around. As for the original thirteen, at best their situation was left ambiguous. The "We the people", however, is not mere boilerplate, but the assertion of sovereignty residing in the citizens of the United States and enabling them to constitute a government. In any event, absent a venue trusted by both parties to resolve the issue, there was no alternative except force of arms, for the Unionists were at least as sincere in their understanding of the state of the case.....
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