Speaking to the U.S. Senate in 1850, Daniel Webster proclaims, "Peaceable secession! Sir, your eyes and mine are never destined to see that miracle. There can be no such thing as a peaceable secession. Peaceable secession is an utter impossibility." Which political action is Webster opposing here?
a. Protecting people from a tyrannical national government
b. Wanting to withdraw from a nation-state
c. Making criticism of the government illegal
d. Restricting states from disregarding the national government
b. Wanting to withdraw from a nation-state
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a. these rarely account for membership. b. these have no place in the analysis of lobbying. c. these are the only important incentives in organized outsider lobbying. d. they tend to grow when opponents run the government.