To: TimF who wrote (22321 ) 1/22/2002 11:22:31 AM From: Neocon Read Replies (1) | Respond to 1.The states did not create the federal government in the sense of subscribing to a treaty. "WE the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union....." created the federal government, which was why there was specific provision in the 10th Amendment about reserving powers to the states (it was not automatically implied). It is true that secession was contemplated by the Hartford Convention: obviously, rebellion against perceived injustice was not ruled out by a regime born out of revolution. I am not arguing that there was no moral right, depending upon cause. I am arguing that, absent a mechanism, there could not per se be a legal right to secede.
