Civil War History - Secession and PoliticsWas it Slavery, or was it States Rights? Perhaps it was the election of Lincoln? What were the real reasons for Southern Secession and what were the political issues in this time of war? Find your answers here in the Secession and Politics Disussion.
Without an independent source of wealth, VT has no chance as an independent nation.
All of our states are too tied into the Federal system.
Texas would have a tough time if we declared the "Second Republic."
What chance does Vermont have? (I said that on another thread but I think it fits here too.)
__________________ F. S. Powers
Union Ancersor: Pvt Arnuah Norton, 60th Ohio. (G-G-G Grandfather) Died at Salisbury NC, November 3, 1864
Confederate Ancestors: Captain Thomas A. Morrow, 29th Texas Cavalry (G-G-G- Uncle) and 2LT George W. Morrow, 31st Texas Cavalry (G-G-G Grandfather). Both survived the war
The absurdity is pretending to know better than VT what's best for her.
Hal
True. I'd never deny her the right to decide, but I would only grudgingly support her. She declared us her enemy in 1860. This turn of the tables in nothing short of ironic.
Regards,
Rose
__________________ "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names".--J.F.K.
The War Between the States established... This principle that the Federal Government is, through its courts, this final judge of its own powers.
-- Woodrow Wilson
What if a minority of Vermonters decided to leave the US while the majority decided they did not want to do so? Is the minority right to exercise it's desires to leave the Union if the majority of the residents of the state wish to remain a part of the US? Whose liberty and rights are being violated or ignored if such a scenario took place?
Unionblue
__________________ "The American people and the Government at Washington may refuse to recognize it for a time but the inexorable logic of events will force it upon them in the end; that the war now being waged in this land is a war for and against slavery." Frederick Douglass
"Loyalty to our ancestors does not include loyalty to their mistakes." George Santayana
Just to understand your statement above, am I right in assuming that a minority in a state must yield to the majority within that very same state, correct?
Unionblue
__________________ "The American people and the Government at Washington may refuse to recognize it for a time but the inexorable logic of events will force it upon them in the end; that the war now being waged in this land is a war for and against slavery." Frederick Douglass
"Loyalty to our ancestors does not include loyalty to their mistakes." George Santayana
I must respectfully disagree with you on the statement about a Second Texas Republic being the second strongest nation on the North American continent. Unless we found oil reserves equal to the entire Middle East under Texas soil, the economy would be bankrupt.
__________________ F. S. Powers
Union Ancersor: Pvt Arnuah Norton, 60th Ohio. (G-G-G Grandfather) Died at Salisbury NC, November 3, 1864
Confederate Ancestors: Captain Thomas A. Morrow, 29th Texas Cavalry (G-G-G- Uncle) and 2LT George W. Morrow, 31st Texas Cavalry (G-G-G Grandfather). Both survived the war
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