No. The Confederacy did not overthrow any of the governments of the south. The current governments of those states at the time joined together to create the Confederacy. In most cases the secession was voted on by the state legislatures. Ergo there was no overthrowing of any state government.
larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: William Wheatley [mailto:bill@;ediets.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:19 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Legally Overthrow the Government > > > Not really the Federal Govt said they were rebels so they > were rebels. But i > see your point of they were not tryign to overthrow > But they did basically OVERTHROW the govt in the south with > there own form > so in another set of eyes it COULD be argued it was a > rebellion. Of course > the Federal Govt won the war so they called it a rebellion so its a > rebellion, to the victor go the spoils of war > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:52 AM > Subject: RE: Legally Overthrow the Government > > > > The civil war was not a rebellion, but a separation of a > section of the > > country from the rest. The southerners did not want to overthrow the > Lincoln > > administration, they wanted out. There is a difference. > > > > larry > > > > -- > > Larry C. Lyons > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > EBStor.com > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > -- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: William Wheatley [mailto:bill@;ediets.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 5:22 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Legally Overthrow the Government > > > > > > > > > you mean another REAL REBELLION right? > > > Lets not forget the civil war > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 5:00 PM > > > Subject: RE: Legally Overthrow the Government > > > > > > > > > > Then again, the wording of the Declaration of > Independence could be > > > > considered to give legal precedence if there is ever a real > > > rebellion in > > > > this country. > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > > ColdFusion/Web Developer > > > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > > > > EBStor.com > > > > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > > > > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > > > > tel: (703) 393-7930 > > > > fax: (703) 393-2659 > > > > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Ben Doom [mailto:bdoom@;moonbow.com] > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 4:53 PM > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > Subject: RE: Legally Overthrow the Government > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Um. A tyrant probably won't provide a legal means of > > > reforming the > > > > > government. > > > > > > > > > > Just a thought. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --Ben Doom > > > > > Programmer & General Lackey > > > > > Moonbow Software > > > > > > > > > > : -----Original Message----- > > > > > : From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:phoeunp@;entelligence.com] > > > > > : Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 4:34 PM > > > > > : To: CF-Community > > > > > : Subject: Legally Overthrow the Government > > > > > : > > > > > : > > > > > : Just curious. Is there some legal means of > > > overthrowing a tyrant > > > > > : government? > > > > > : > > > > > : > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
