Essay On Southern Secession

While investigating the political theory behind southern secession, I found that political scientist, sociologist, and political economist describe and explain the reasons for and consequences of secessionist efforts and the states feedback to them. For example, philosophers concentrate on the moral issues and on explaining the theoretical outline for assessing secession. This can be broken down into three different categories. The first category is an attempt to communicate the conditions under which a group has the moral right to secede. Secondly, is when they examine the consistency or inconsistency of secession within constitution. Thirdly, is when they make an attempt to decide what view international law should take regarding secession. …show more content…
The second theory is the theory of territorial justice. This theory of secession would be a situation inside a larger normal theory of a scope of rights to territory, including, but not limited to claims to independent authority of the class now accompanying with a statehood. I do not believe the south was justified when it attempted to form a separate country. The reason being, is that it was illegal to secede. Look at Article 1, section 10 of the United States Constitution, where it states “No state shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation.” Then you have to ask yourself, why did the south want to secede? They wanted to secede because Lincoln became president and he opposed slavery. Slavery at this time was a huge resource to the south and they knew the only way to sustain their way of living was to secede. So slavery was the reason and because slavery was not moral, this too was a reason why seceding was wrong. The parts of the south that remained pro-union resisted and resist they should. They knew it was morally wrong to expand slavery and keep slaves. They also knew it was illegal and an act of treason to secede from the union. The southern states that did secede were traders to the United