nov 20, 1860 - Attorney General Jeremiah S. Black advises Buchanan that “war cannot be declared, nor a system of general hostilities carried on by the Central Government against a State.” In the event a State declares independence, “Congress or the other States in convention assembled must take such measures as may be necessary and proper.”
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