“When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another” …these words, resonated in 1776, announced to the world when injustices are committed by a government onto its people revolution it necessary to restore the natural rights of man. This simple idea was the origin of the United States and the catalyst recited by the Confederacy to justify its independence.
Why hasn’t history recorded this conflict in a more amiable sense like the Southern or Confederate Revolution instead of the repulsive term of secession? Perhaps because revolution implies legality and more often than not, success. Secession simply means to withdraw but over time became associated with similar phrases like rebellion, insurrection, uprising or an unlawful revolt against a legitimate authority. This word warping frequently clouds the controversial issue regarding the legitimacy of eleven states seceding from the Union during the American Civil War. Fundamentally, the United States Constitution is a contractual obligation between the original thirteen states to formulate a federal government.
The states voluntarily surrendered their autonomy…show more content… Paul Finkelman explains the most important right southern states claimed was secession, claiming this right was rooted in the inherent sovereignty of the states but the prominent . Evident throughout South Carolina’s reasoning to secede is its defense of slavery citing Northern states deliberate actions to eliminate it. Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas issued similar worded declarations all revolving around the central issue of upholding slavery. Clearly the belief the United States Federal government was assuredly set to end slavery, disregarding the Constitution, was the South’s sole justification to
