Another non-existent "fact" claimed by the Queen. I never misrepresented the Wiki article. I accurately described it right from the start, including MY statement (not yours) that the SCt. never had to reach the issued of constitutionality because it was able to rule on WVa's behalf on other grounds. You’re a liar, ExNYer: “[T]he U.S. Supreme Court never ruled on the constitutionality of the state's [West Virginia’s] creation” wiki.
The Randall and McPherson quotes above are nothing but snippets of conclusory opinions, not facts. You refute alleged "facts", not opinions. And NOTHING you quoted from either man explicitly mentions Article IV, Section 3. What is this? A "demand" for more "cut and paste" when you haven't read what's already been posted and cited, you're a pretentious prick, ExNYer!
Spin, spin, spin, O Queen of Cut-And-Paste. What? Now you do not like "cut and paste", you pretentious prick!?!
You never seem to have any problem posting "proof" when it suits your fancy - mostly when it is irrelevant BS. The proof has been posted and cited, you pretentious prick. If you want more, buy their books or go to the library, you cheap and lazy-ass bastard.
Now, after you have made specific statements about what McPherson and Randall allegedly said about Article IV, Section 3 based on your vast reading, you suddenly don't want to post what you supposedly read, not even the on-line stuff. The on-line proof has already been posted and cited, you pretentious prick.
You got caught in a lie or exaggeration. That's why you won't post it. Whereas your pretentious ass has been shown to be a liar, you pretentious prick.
You cited 2 specific pages from McPherson and 2 from Randall. if you read them, let's see them. And after you post them, I will double check them to see if you misquoted them the way you have misquoted everybody else in this thread. The on-line proof has already been posted and cited, you pretentious prick. If you want more, buy their books or go to the library, you cheap and lazy ass bastard.
Originally Posted by ExNYer
1) McPherson, Randall and other historians have documented how the process violated Art IV, Sec 3 of the Constitution; thus, de facto making the act "unconstitutional".
2) McPherson, Randall and other historians have documented that the self-aggrandizing politicians who pushed for annexation as an independent state did not in fact represent the population, and Lincoln and Congress were complicit in that "legal fiction".
3) McPherson, Randall and other historians have documented that West Virginia would not have been admitted as an independent state were it not for federal occupation troops manning polls and voting illegally during the referendum.
“The bill giving the consent of Congress, to the formation of this new State was rushed through precipitately. The friends of the bill thought delay dangerous -- any little accident, any revival among the Members of Congress, of a sense of justice and decency would, probably defeat it: And so, it was pressed through without any of the ordinary care and caution which is due to every legislative enactment -- and, in fact, the bill was full of the most glaring blunders. But the friends of the bill dared not attempt to amend it, lest delay and the scrut[in]y of debate might expose its absurdity and defeat its passage -- And so it was passed in all its deformity.” Howard K. Beale, editor,
The Diary of Edward Bates, October 12, 1865.
I enjoy wasting his time.
Originally Posted by ExNYer
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