> Nobody ever denounced the press or said that votes shouldn't count, or that the courts are illegitimate, or that the constitution was somehow wrong. It was a

> Nobody ever denounced the press or said that votes shouldn't count, or that the courts are illegitimate, or that the constitution was somehow wrong. It was a formal rebellion seeking independence under a different democracy. Umm...: Press Denunciations: https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/21/us/sherman-letters-show-civil-war-general-regarded-reporters-as-spies.html https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/21/us/sherman-letters-show-c... Voting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_New_York_state_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_New_York_state_election Courts: http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/07/the-first-court-packing-plan/ http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/07/the-first-court-packing-pl... Denunciation of the Constitution: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-states#Texas https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declarati... The 'different' democracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_(slave) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_(slave) The problems of our ancestors remain just as alive today. Learning from history means to learn about the holes in ourselves.