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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pullman Brown" data-source="post: 5974672" data-attributes="member: 73012">The rights and power of the colonies/states preceded the union therefore nullification was constitutional. A few northern states threatened it before the war. The debates during pre-ratification show this. The constitution would never have been ratified if they didn’t think they could secede. The states granted to the federal government certain powers but could retain those powers. It’s all there for the people if they would read the original context of those days. While I don’t think he would have allowed the horrors of reconstruction as much, his decision to allow the invading of a part of his own people is what destroyed federalism and nationalized everything in this country. The cure was worse than the disease. Other nations ended slavery without a war.</blockquote>