- Joined
- Feb 8, 2017
- Location
- Monterey, CA
[Sigh]....I can't believe I'm jumping into this, but will scold myself later.Both located in Confederate territory...
Just because a state has seceded doesn't make it stick. The example I've used many times before is that I can declare California to be the Grand Duchy of Adam-Land, but my declaration does not make it so. I can see one of three ways that the Grand Duchy of Adam-Land becomes a political reality:
1) Conquering all of California through military might
2) Having my independence conceded by the US government, or
3) Gaining foreign recognition of my new nation and having those foreign governments pressure the US into accepting it.
I can whine all day long about California occupying my "territory", but until one of these things happen, how is my government a political reality? As none of these conditions were met by the Confederacy, how was their claim of ownership of US property in any way valid?