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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (9893)	6/14/2001 5:08:16 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

Re: "I can see no real reason, under the Constitution, that a state cannot secede." When I was living in the Ozarks in the '70s, I was told a story that I believe to be true. The southwesternmost county in Missouri is McDonald County, which borders both Arkansas and Oklahoma. According to the story, McDonald County seceded from the state of Missouri in the 1920s or 1930s. I believe the county sought to become part of Arkansas and, according to the story, actually printed its own money. I've tried off and on to track down this story over the years but have had little luck. Perhaps someone else on this thread has knowledge of this. The town of Neosho, Mo., just north of McDonald County, was the Confederate capital of Missouri during the Civil War.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (9893)	6/14/2001 5:11:32 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to 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.....