It soon became evident that the South was loosing hold on their part of the government, something that became clear when talk of the abolition of slavery rolled around; it wasn't so much an issue that the government sought to abolish slavery as that ordering it on a Federal level was in violation of the Tenth Amendment and states' rights. This strain only grew worse when the two main political parties of the time, the "Whigs" and the Democrats, began to fracture over regional lines. The "Whigs" merged north and formed what we know today as the Republican party. Given all of these volatile circumstances happened near or around the same time, a conflict was nearly
The South, for its part, had justified secession by claiming that slave states had to secede to save their and their way of life. The fact that the Border States where slavery was practice remained in the Union severely weakened this claim. Lincoln remained careful not to offend slave owners in the Border States. The example of his sensitivity to this issue is the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, which declared slaves free in only the secessionist states not the loyal Border States. Union’s eventual victory.
Because of his position as an editor of a Democratic newspaper, Whitman was supposed to support President James K. Polk’s proslavery stance (Erkkila 45). This very issue, one of slavery, was what plagued Whitman the most about United States’ politics because he could not blend his personal views on the subject with those of the Democratic Party he was supposed to support. Whitman did not support extreme political views one way or the other, even when it concerned slavery, his biggest issue with the political condition of the United States. He thought Abolitionists were fanatics and he also strongly opposed those who were for slavery. This is because he believed that extreme political views were dangerous to the unity of the country; because of these strong convictions, “he began tentatively testing out statements that balanced opposite views, as though simple rhetorical juxtaposition would dissolve social tensions” (Reynolds 119).
Banneker aims to use Jefferson’s own experiences and principles in order to persuade him to get rid of slavery in the states. Banneker is very passionate in his letter to Jefferson, expressing a vehement urge for the abolition of slavery. Banneker mainly integrates the mechanics of appeals to logic and ethics, loaded words, and logical rhetorical structure in order to persuade Jefferson. Banneker’s letter to Jefferson is filled with examples of appeals to logic and ethics. Banneker wants Jefferson to see that by keeping slavery legal he is going against everything that he fought for in the American Revolution.
But what was it that set this country overboard? We were doing great with public peaceful affairs, or so we thought. Before the Civil War in 1860, the United States and the citizens of the country, the Americans tried to compromise to each other when political disputes arose. Although the United States were doing alright until this time to compromise with political tensions, it was inevitable that force would need to come into play. It would start with the Tariff of abominations, an then the North and the South would just come to hate each other hastily for their different views on slavery.
The Supreme Court recognized that Judicial Review must also be cultivated into Judicial Sovereignty; the idea that a law may be held unconstitutional and binding on the other branches. The nation-state relationship served as the greatest obstacle for the Supreme Court in preserving the Union. In order to preserve the American Union the Supreme Court steered the cases, of the period, in order to create a consolidated nation-state. Preserving the American Union is reflected in all decisions of the cases the cases that fallow. In the case Marbury v. Madison the Supreme Court invalidated a law, passed by Congress, by declaring an act unconstitutional for the first time.
| Radical Republicans | They control the south to help prevent them from returning to their war ways. | 17th president Andrew Johnson many of the bills that actually passed. | So many other republicans join the radicals and together, which gave the republicans in congress the ability to over side the president. | Southern Democrats | The removal of all of the remaining federal troops from the south as well having a change congress. | They had commended the decision of the commission and directive to make Rutherford B. Hayes.
Political issue was one of the main causes of the Civil War. The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise in 1854, which proposed that the Nebraska territory be divided into the Kansas territory and Nebraska territory and that the settlers there ruled with popular sovereignty (Doc.7). Dred Scott sued for his freedom, since he argued his residency on a free soil land made him a free citizen. The court decided against him because slaves are property and had no right to sue (Doc.9). Another cause of the civil war was the actions of John Brown, who attacked on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
House Divided Speech, June 16th 1858 In this prophetic speech Lincoln foreshadows the deep division that occurred between the northern and southern states in saying A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. He further shows his opposition towards slavery in denouncing the ending of the Missouri Compromise’s ban on slavery in Kansas and Nebraska and the Dred Scott, which he say as another step in the direction of spreading slavery into Northern territories.
Why did the South lose the civil war? The American civil war began in 1861 with a victory for the North. Over the four years the war lasted families were divided and over half a millions people died. There are a number of reasons to why the South lost the civil war and why the North won. The South had a much smaller army and navy which was a significant factor to why the North won.