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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (236007)6/6/2005 4:53:16 AM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) of 1572763
 
"To my knowledge the only that can leave the Union of it so wishes is TX."

Actually it can't either. However, there are certain scenarios where it can be construed that the treaty under which it became a state might be invalidated thus rendering it independent again. These scenarios are usually the underpinning of the periodic petitions that float around for Texas Independence.

And yes, the Civil War was primarily economic and cultural. The "Peculiar Institution" was just the spark. We were headed for it even if slavery had never existed.
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