1860/11/17

       The Providence (Rhode Island) Evening Press editorializes on the Right of Secession: “Sovereignty necessarily includes what we might call the ‘right of secession.’  This right must be maintained lest we establish a colossal despotism against which the founding fathers uttered their solemn warnings.”

       [restored 10/3/2026]

       The Providence (Iowa) Democrat and News editorializes on the Right of Secession: “The leading and most influential papers of the union believe that any State of the Union has a right to secede.”

       [restored 10/3/2026]

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References:

Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda and an Unnecessary War, (Roseville, California: Prima Publishing, 2002), 108.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$40,439,546,016,039

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