No one has seriously threatened secession since then.

In February 1850 President Taylor had held a stormy conference with southern leaders who threatened secession.

In the current crisis, the nationalities, many of them located in well-defined geographic areas, are pulling apart, threatening secession or moving to carry it out.

At that time there was turmoil in what was invariably called the "copper-rich breakaway province of Katanga," which threatened secession.

Since then it has threatened secession.

In a sermon, he threatened secession, stating "Our dignity has been pawned away, and if it is not ... restored, we will call for secession.

Texas again threatens secession.

The first region to threaten secession was New England during the War of 1812.

The document threatened secession of South Carolina if the tariff was not repealed.

In a province that sometimes threatens secession because of language differences, words can hurt, particularly on a mixed team that is symbolic of French Canada.