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Federal property is nothing other than the common property of states, although usually of course considered indivisible. So South Carolina could reasonably think that by appropriating all prerviously federal property in its state borders, it was merely getting its fair share of what it should receive upon leaving the union, same as if you and your girlfriend divided up common property that you had both paid for. Of course the question is whether the federal property in South Carolina was more or less than its fair share, and there were supposed to be negotiations regarding this, that were cancelled by a Federal officer's actions which brought about the attack on Ft. Sumter (read my earlier post).