Argumentative Essay: Is Secession Justified?

Many people ask if secession is justified, but it is our duty to acknowledge that secession is not justified it is in fact, a way to betray one's country. In the beginning, secession was thought to be the answer for the divided nation, but it ended up turning ugly. Many were in a feud over whether or not slave states should be allowed to succeed. At first, Southern states wanted to secede from the U.S. in order to gain independence so they could keep slavery, which everyone knows was and is evil, which means that secession is unjust. With states like Florida, Alabama, and Georgie leaving the U.S, they wanted slavery, it's no wonder why that sparked the Civil War. The eleven Confederate states that made up the South were Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Mississippi. After the war these states were removed from the Confederacy. By doing this, they betrayed themselves, their country, and the citizens of U.S.A. Like the great Stephen Douglas once said, “Better that all …show more content…
Therefore, the states have no reason to secede from the Union, in the end, secsession is not justified, it is wrong and unjust. Even though Lincoln did nothing the states wanted to take part in, they had an excuse, which they said was that they wanted slavery. At the time, slavery was and even now, a cruel, evil , and bitter thing to do, so the states cannot secede just because they wanted a cruel and unjust thing to happen. The only reason to secede is because the government did something illegal, however, the government and the president did nothing wrong. Secession violates the constitution and no state upon its own mere opinion can succeed. Even Lincoln, an honest man, thought secession was