Secession

Early settlement in Mississippi came as a surprise to many Mississippians who already lived here. Hernando De Desoto traveled to these lands not knowing who was here or what he would find, looking for precious metals in 1540. Although when he arrived Indians, known specifically as Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians, occupied these lands. They were not very happy about the invasion that they brought on their land. The Chickasaw’s led an attack on De Soto’s men, many of them were killed in the Pontotoc…

former legislator, he probably wished he had not been so quiet about his opposition to secession. However, Franklin Gaillard, one of the sons, believed with many other Southerners that the victory would be close and also supported the secession of the Southern states and wanted to be “free of the despotism which the Northern people now hang over our devoted heads…” (37). Even though Thomas did not agree with secession, he had no choice but to come to reluctant acceptance. Thomas along with…

Thomas J. DiLorenzo is the author of the book, The Real Lincoln. A great book in my opinion. DiLorenzo wrote this book to tell about Lincoln’s experience and what he did while he was the sixteenth president of the United States of America. The reason that makes me believe why DiLorenzo wrote this book is that it says in the first paragraph of the introduction, “According to one source, more than 16,000 books have been written on virtually every aspect of Lincoln’s private life and public life.…

Since the end of the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949, Republic of China (ROC), also known as Taiwan, and mainland China, People’s Republic of China (PRC) had been in a state of conflict for the rightful control of the nation. The Nationalist party that retreated to ROC had established a new democracy and had the political recognition as China until 1979 when PRC was recognized as the official political head by the United States and most countries. The Taiwanese democracy provided many…

nice young woman from good family. She had never seen a slave before, so when I brought her to my home in Virginia, she was disgusted by slavery. Today, I stand here to address you all about the issues of secession and slavery within this great state of Kentucky. Now, let’s discuss secession first. As we all know, several states…

created” is a valid statement. This is because virtually everyone in the nation, the public, statesmen, and presidents, felt growing tensions over the fate of territories, interpretation of the constitution, and the justification behind the southern secession in relativity to the issue of slavery. The issue of slavery became a huge controversial topic in territories once they were ready for admission into the union. This could be exemplified by the disputes over and whether or not the state…

they fought for liberty. Southerners fought for their rights as white males and Northerners for the continuation of liberty provided by the Constitution. Both sides joined to defend their interpretation of the Constitution. Northerners felt that secession would be an end to the ideals that their forefathers striven for in the American Revolution. Southerners fought for the same reason, but alternatively felt that their individual rights were more important. In a way Southern ideals were selfish,…

Your high school teacher was right, the idea that the civil war was fought to free the slaves is a common misconception. At the dawn of the civil war, the debate of whether the institution of slavery was morally right or wrong was not the basis on which the decision to go to war was decided. Union and federal government never attacked the moral values of slavery, and did not wage war on the south to free slaves. Instead, the freedom of slaves was a tactic, used by both sides as a way to gain an…

Introduction In 510, BC king Tarquinius Superbus was banished with his whole family (Morey, 1901). Kingship system was abolished and new free government system was formed. Rome became a republic, where, instead of being ruled by a king or Monarchy, true power was held by the citizens. However, Rome had two different classes called Patricians and Plebeians. Patricians were in aristocratic class whereas Plebeians were in lower class. Soon conflict aroused between these two groups due to political…

A president by definition is an individual that is the elected head of a republican state. All countries in this modern era have presidents, prime ministers, or leaders. Unfortunately, not all of them are fit or qualified for acting as a representative of their given republic. Through differentiation, we can determine what a “good” president is qualified. To be a good president one must have intuitive decisiveness and be extremely disciplined because of the wide range of issues they have to…