Is it legal for southern states to secede from the Union? In history, you will read many stories regarding how our country became, the constitution establishment, and etc. However, there is no concrete answer to if it was legal for any state to secede from the Union. To the extent of this essay, we will take the perspective of John Preston Smith. Smith wrote an address to the Convention of Virginia to address in summary, the expansion for non-slave holding states (Smith 1).
Smith begins his address explaining the history of Virginia and her alliances with other states. He attempts to persuade the President and Virginia of reasoning for maintaining the slave system the two states shared. In his defense for Virginia, there are four lengthy arguments he made regarding the slave system. First, in summary he stated non-slaveholding states forced slave owners through the tariff to bear an unfair share of federal taxes. Secondly, they failed to perform their constitutional duty to apprehend fugitive slave and had actively …show more content…
Although, his speech was lengthy he gave plenty of explanation of her history, the views of its rights, and so forth.
What has the north done to cause southern states to leave the union? Many of the northern states had few slaveholders, therefore they rejected secession. Ultimately, these counties which resided in the north and west of the state united to form west Virginia and entered the Union as a free state in 1863.
Can states break away (secede) from the Union? Why or Why not? According to the Constitution every state had the right to leave the Union. However, Lincoln felt as if they did not have that right. States physically could not separate, secession was seen as unlawful, if government allowed secession it was disintegrate into anarchy, just to summarize a few reasons
Smith begins his address explaining the history of Virginia and her alliances with other states. He attempts to persuade the President and Virginia of reasoning for maintaining the slave system the two states shared. In his defense for Virginia, there are four lengthy arguments he made regarding the slave system. First, in summary he stated non-slaveholding states forced slave owners through the tariff to bear an unfair share of federal taxes. Secondly, they failed to perform their constitutional duty to apprehend fugitive slave and had actively …show more content…
Although, his speech was lengthy he gave plenty of explanation of her history, the views of its rights, and so forth.
What has the north done to cause southern states to leave the union? Many of the northern states had few slaveholders, therefore they rejected secession. Ultimately, these counties which resided in the north and west of the state united to form west Virginia and entered the Union as a free state in 1863.
Can states break away (secede) from the Union? Why or Why not? According to the Constitution every state had the right to leave the Union. However, Lincoln felt as if they did not have that right. States physically could not separate, secession was seen as unlawful, if government allowed secession it was disintegrate into anarchy, just to summarize a few reasons