It is an interesting arguement, it still goes on today: the power and authority of the Federal government vs state and individual. The tea party is making noise on this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States%27_rights
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28. Discuss how both the north and south defended their position on the question of secession by tracing the history of their arguments?
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-MC
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So, would this correctly answer it? :
The issue of slavery polarized the union, with the Jeffersonian principles often being used by both sides—anti-slavery Northerners, and Southern slaveholders and secessionists. Supporters of slavery often argued that one of the rights of the states was the protection of slave property wherever it went; In contrast, opponents of slavery argued that the non-slave-states' rights were violated both by that decision and by the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Southerners were inconsistent on the states' rights issue, and that Northern states tried to protect the rights of their states against the South during the Gag Rule and fugitive slave law controversies.
Thanks
-MC
The issue of slavery polarized the union, with the Jeffersonian principles often being used by both sides—anti-slavery Northerners, and Southern slaveholders and secessionists. Supporters of slavery often argued that one of the rights of the states was the protection of slave property wherever it went; In contrast, opponents of slavery argued that the non-slave-states' rights were violated both by that decision and by the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Southerners were inconsistent on the states' rights issue, and that Northern states tried to protect the rights of their states against the South during the Gag Rule and fugitive slave law controversies.
Thanks
-MC
Well, it boils down to what did the Constitution mean: Were all men endowed with inalienable rights or not? The N said yes, the S said the compromise counting slaves as 3/5 recognized something else. So the real argument was about citizenship, rights, slaves, and where States rights to assert authority ended.
The South called the Civil war the War of Secession (expressing their view that it was their right), and the North called the war the War of the Rebellion (expressing their view that the S had no right to secede )
The South called the Civil war the War of Secession (expressing their view that it was their right), and the North called the war the War of the Rebellion (expressing their view that the S had no right to secede )
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