Document Type
Opinion
Publication Date
2-19-2017
Department 1
Civil War Era Studies
Department 2
History
Abstract
'Thursday night the streets were filled with excited crowds. No one talks of anything but the necessity for prompt action. . . . It is hardly prudent for any man to express his opinion adverse to immediate secession, so heated are the public passions, so intolerant of restraint is the popular will."
You would probably assume that this report came from California in the wake of the 2016 election, right? After all, Alex Padilla, the California secretary of state, has now authorized the Yes California Independence Campaign to begin collecting signatures for a state referendum on California's secession from the United States. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Guelzo, Allen C. and James H. Hulme. "Commentary: California secessionists channel logic of Southern slaveholders." Philly.com (February 19, 2017).
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