The constitution is a contract between states and federal government that create fundamental principles and established precedents on how a state will be governed. This contract, in the opinion of the Confederate States of America, has been broken by the federal government, which has lead to the secession of South Carolina. In document Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina, the main purpose is to justify their leaving the Union. The document argues that the government became “destructive of the ends for which it is instituted.” This is the justification of the State of South Carolina; if the government can break the contract that is the constitution then the state can leave the
The constitution is a contract between states and federal government that create fundamental principles and established precedents on how a state will be governed. This contract, in the opinion of the Confederate States of America, has been broken by the federal government, which has lead to the secession of South Carolina. In document Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina, the main purpose is to justify their leaving the Union. The document argues that the government became “destructive of the ends for which it is instituted.” This is the justification of the State of South Carolina; if the government can break the contract that is the constitution then the state can leave the