I think there is no more reason to assume that the USA was a union that could not be withdrawn from, than there is to assume that that woman cannot withdraw from a marriage.


Somebody name an association that cannot be withdrawn from. MS-13? No. NATO? No. EEU? No. Opec? No.

Why is this one, and only this one, unbreakable?

I think the attitude that "Hell no you aren't going anywhere" was seen in Hungary in 1956, as well as the USA in 1860. Any other examples of armed force being used to coerce a member into staying? Maybe India, 1857?

Lad you really should read a couple of articles on Reconstruction.

Try this one

Or this one

A quick perusal of the latter produced this interesting nugget - nobody was ever prosecuted for treason after the CW - not even Jeff Davis.

And this:

"The Five Civilized Tribes that had been relocated to Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma) held black slaves and signed treaties supporting the Confederacy. During the war, a war among pro- and anti-Union Indians had raged."

So if there is a statue of a pro-Confederacy, slave owning Indian anywhere, should it be pulled down?