* “An isurrection once every 20 years is a wholesome feature of national life” ~ Thomas Jefferson
* “If there be any among us who wish to dissolve the union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.” ~ Jefferson during his first inaugural address
* Ironically, Jefferson imposed (and Madison enforced) the national embargo of 1807 which precipitated one of New England’s three attempts at secession in the early 19th century.
* New England Federalist resistance to 1812 draft.
* The vast majority of public opinion in Northern States supported southern secession in 1860. Long list of quotes from newspaper editorials.