Introduction
The Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Immediate Causes both portray the Constitution in different ways, like how teachers and students or bosses and employees view the workplace rules differently.
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The Gettysburg Address, delivered by President Abraham Lincoln after the Union victory at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, portrays the Constitution as a document of tremendous importance in ensuring freedom and equality between all people. In the opening sentence of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln states, “...Our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” (). By saying this, Lincoln expresses his take on how the Constitution is supposed …show more content…
Within this document, South Carolina portrays how the Constitution is a worthless document that treats people unfairly and is not to be followed. While talking about about the intentions of the Constitution, South Carolina says, “The ends for which the Constitution was framed… These ends it endeavored to accomplish by a Federal Government, in which each State was recognized as an equal, and had separate controls over its own institutions” (). South Carolina uses this piece in their argument to show that the Constitution is supposed to treat everyone equally. South Carolina then moves onto another piece of their argument when they state, “We affirm that these ends for which the Government was insinuated have been defeated, and the Government itself has been made destructive of them by the action of the non-slaveholding States”(). South Carolina uses this as evidence to show that the Constitution is worthless by claiming that they are being treated unequally. South Carolina thinks the Northern States are violating the Constitution by freeing their “Property” and therefore portray it as unfair and worthless. This is like how students or employees think it is unfair that teachers or bosses do not have to abide by the rules and can have special
The Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Immediate Causes both portray the Constitution in different ways, like how teachers and students or bosses and employees view the workplace rules differently.
Body
The Gettysburg Address, delivered by President Abraham Lincoln after the Union victory at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, portrays the Constitution as a document of tremendous importance in ensuring freedom and equality between all people. In the opening sentence of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln states, “...Our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” (). By saying this, Lincoln expresses his take on how the Constitution is supposed …show more content…
Within this document, South Carolina portrays how the Constitution is a worthless document that treats people unfairly and is not to be followed. While talking about about the intentions of the Constitution, South Carolina says, “The ends for which the Constitution was framed… These ends it endeavored to accomplish by a Federal Government, in which each State was recognized as an equal, and had separate controls over its own institutions” (). South Carolina uses this piece in their argument to show that the Constitution is supposed to treat everyone equally. South Carolina then moves onto another piece of their argument when they state, “We affirm that these ends for which the Government was insinuated have been defeated, and the Government itself has been made destructive of them by the action of the non-slaveholding States”(). South Carolina uses this as evidence to show that the Constitution is worthless by claiming that they are being treated unequally. South Carolina thinks the Northern States are violating the Constitution by freeing their “Property” and therefore portray it as unfair and worthless. This is like how students or employees think it is unfair that teachers or bosses do not have to abide by the rules and can have special