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These United States of America were founded on this principle:
>We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
That nation lasted from 1776 until 1864. Lincoln killed it and founded a new nation based on the principle:
>Do as the Federal Government says or else.
No intelligent person can deny his refusing the Confederacy the right to secede, the same way the USA seceded from Britain, was the complete destruction of this nation's founding principle.
