Secession

North’s antislavery legislation may have hurt the South, the South’s decision to secede was unjustified. From both moral and the legal standpoints, the Southern Secession was a poor attempt at resolving America’s conflict over slavery. In terms of morality, the Southern Secession was unjust. As Lincoln said in his first Inaugural Address, “secession is the essence of anarchy” (Lincoln). He argued that if the South were to leave the union, then nothing would stop others from doing the same. This…

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…

The secession of the Union in 1861 was mainly caused by the argument over slavery, but there were other factors that caused the Union to secede also; for an example the election of 1860 when Abraham Lincoln became president of United States. The South was also seceding for the control of the west and the north's constant opposition of the southern culture expanding. Slavery was the main part of the secession because southerner planters owned most of the slaves due to the abundance of land and…

The period of 1850’s is called the decade of the secession crisis because it was a time where some of the most important and diversified events occurred in America. While the north believed that slavery was morally wrong the south didn’t agree with abolishing slavery, they believed that black people should provide free labor. The issue of slavery became a very important series of events starting with the compromise of 1850, then to the Kansas Nebraska act, and the Dred Scott case. The…

change throughout America. Changes in laws, and how the Constitution itself enforces and protects the people under it are proof of these changes. The idea of secession may bring the idea of greatness and change, but as Abraham Lincoln said “Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.” Nothing but chaos follows secession, therefore, we must be against it. If the South, as a whole, were to secede from the Union, there would be no way to distribute justice throughout…

“St. Thomas Aquinas identifies three criteria for a just war. First, a war must be waged by a legitimate authority. Second, a war must have a just cause. Third, a war must have the right intentions. (P. 139) In order for a war to be waged by a legitimate authority, it must serve the common good, not just private interests and agendas. (P. 138) In order for a war to have just cause, it must include: protecting citizens from hostile or violent behavior, restoring rights that have been taken away…

This paper will summarize the article “The Renaissance Popes Provoke the Protestant Secession” from The March of Folly by Barbara Tuchman. Her article tells of the extravagance and negligence of the Papacy under Leo X which brought about the splintering of Christendom. Tuchman begins her article describing the opening ceremonies of the new Medici Pope, in which had been spent “one-seventh of the reserve Julius had left in the treasury” . During just the parade, Leo demonstrated “Medici…

protect its undiversified economy which relied heavily on slavery. Whereas, the South viewed the war as a result of conflicting interests between the federal government and states rights. In Charles Drew’s writings; Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War, he gives examples which support his claim that commissioners of the South anticipated succession through white supremacist ideologies. In Gary Gallagher’s writing; The Union War, he explains that…

the time was President Buchanan , who said that secession in America was illegal , he didn’t enforce to stop the secession because he knew that soon enough he wasn’t going to be in office , he felt that if he tried to force prevention on it , that it would be to much on him he would rather leave it for the next president up , which is President Abraham Lincoln who was elected in the 1860’s. Lincoln came into office with a lot on his shoulders , secession was a big factor on his shoulders , it…

Christopher J. Olsen’s book Political Culture and Secession in Mississippi: Masculinity, Honor, and the Antiparty Tradition, 1830-1860 details the political culture in one of the Deep Southern states during the strenuous lead-up to the Civil War: Mississippi. Olsen does this in a number of ways, but his most notable examples are using stories from Southern individuals and statistics on election days. It is because of this that the author makes this point very clear to his audience: the political…