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Secession, like any other REVOLUTIONARY ACT, may be morally justified by the extremity of oppression but to call it a constitutional right is confounding the meaning of terms.

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Andrew Jackson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1767
Born: March 15
Died: 1845
Died: June 8
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