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Virginia not only claimed the right peaceably to secede from the Union but to be the sole and exclusive judge not only of the existence, but also, of the sufficiency of the causes, to warrant such secession.
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Jacobs discusses Virginia's claim to secede and its self-judgment regarding the reasons for doing so.
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