How Is The North Responsible After The Civil War
A collection of adversities and disagreements served as a great window into the beginning of the Civil War. It was evident that the Southerners wanted to preserve slavery but what exactly was the Northerners fighting for? The North wanted to preserve the Union that was created by the ratification of the Constitution. Rendering enemies in one country was not the intention of the North. The secession of the South after the election of Abraham Lincoln as president was a spark to the tumult. If the subject of secession was in the constitution, there most likely wouldn’t have been a belligerent war. The United States would not have been a prosperous and secure country as it is today if the country would have been divided into two. The rebellion that was started by the South persuaded the Northerner administration that they have no power to stop the secessionists and save the Union. The Constitution was to protect the people. President Abraham Lincoln
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Government authority began to realize that saving the union became difficult as the Confederates were quick to not compromise and create their own version of the Constitution. Fortunately, Lincoln took responsibility into his hands to approach the South and tell them that their secession is the “essence of anarchy”. He also stated in his inaugural address, “You can have no conflict, without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government while I shall have the most solemn one to ‘preserve, protect and defend’ it. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.” (Mcpherson,152) Confederate states were causing destruction and social disorder to the Union, which was not tolerated. North states had to make it create that national security was the most essential role of administration and will do anything to stand their
Government authority began to realize that saving the union became difficult as the Confederates were quick to not compromise and create their own version of the Constitution. Fortunately, Lincoln took responsibility into his hands to approach the South and tell them that their secession is the “essence of anarchy”. He also stated in his inaugural address, “You can have no conflict, without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government while I shall have the most solemn one to ‘preserve, protect and defend’ it. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.” (Mcpherson,152) Confederate states were causing destruction and social disorder to the Union, which was not tolerated. North states had to make it create that national security was the most essential role of administration and will do anything to stand their