Was the South justified in leaving the Union?

Question

Please! Only answer if you have a good understanding of this subject. I can't find this answer anywhere, so even the address to a website would be a great help to me.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Were the colonist justified in breaking free of the Monarchy? I argue yes and the same right in 1860. The 1810, 1830 and 1850 census showed the South to be made up of roughly 50% Celtic, 30% English and the remaining 20% were German, French or Spanish. The Irish Potatoes famine of 1846-1850 killed a million plus Irishmen, the problem there was food but the British took it for themselves. Another good example of who has suffered under slavery, Afro Americans do not realize many Southerners were slaves themselves and even here were not much better. The real point the majority of English settled up North and continued to this day their opinion of superiority and want of control over our lot. If you don’t believe it just ask one of them.
The reason why no one was tried for treason is there was nothing in the Constitution forbidding succession and I am only sorry we did not make it! God Bless You and The Southern people.

Answer 2

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In the eyes of the (not all , as a majority had no slaves)southern people, they started with the statements that the north was out to destroy their heritage take away their slaves and so on . Harriet Stowe's Uncle Toms Cabin didn't really help matters either .It made it sound like ALL slaves were beaten . With the cash outlay at that time , it was more rare than true . Yes , the slaves were treated like cattle ,and some were beaten for running , but why would you destroy what you paid for .
The South felt they should separate from the Country ,Maybe that was because they felt the north was better because the industrialization was there , the money was there and several other things . the south was in a position of " Mom likes you best " were they right , of course not .When new states were being made , the government wanted these states to be Free States . Again,the South was bent out of shape because they figured the were being bullied by the north,
Basically , yelling at each other like kids ,one went on his way and the other was not happy with the first leaving the room

Answer 3

In the words of John G. Nicolay: "Directly or indirectly, the South had practically controlled the government during it's whole existence. The extension of slavery and the creation of additional slave states was a necessary step in the scheme (the South had sought to perpetuate that control), and became the well-defined single issue in the presidential election."

YOU can put yourself in the shoes of an American at that time, were the southern states justified in leaving the Union because they lost control of the government? How did they lose that control? Should more Slave States have been created? Slave owners were only a minority of the population at the time --should the minority be allowed to dictate to the majority?

A good website is: www.pbs.org/civilwar/

Answer 4

The basic concept of the war was state's rights. The South felt like the federal government was becoming too powerful and eroding the autonomous rights of individual states.

The federal government wanted to eradicate slavery, and the South disagreed with their interference as they felt that individual states should have the power in determing their own course, and should not be forced to bend to the will of the federal government.

Were they justified? I think they were justified in the philosophical sense of how they viewed the Constitution and the framework of the individual state's rights within the larger republic. But as slavery was a central issue within the state's rights argument, obviously something had to be done to put an end to it.

Answer 5

Well, that depends. Overall, I'd say no because of this:

1.The seceding states did so because they feared that their rights as a slaveholding minority were being threatened, and were alarmed at the growing power of the Republicans, plus, they believed that they would be unopposed despite what the Northerners claimed.
2.The South also hoped to develop its own banking and shipping, and to prosper.
3.Besides, in 1776, the 13 colonies had seceded from Britain and had won; now the South could do the same thing.

Answer 6

Hey. I am a Black Southerner. As such, I do wish that the differences between the North and South could have been settled w/ out war, however, with such sharply divided issues at hand, I do understand the South's mindset. Again, I obviously don't support the South's decision, but I understand it. There are other ways to express your disagreement than secession.

Answer 7

Yes, the south voted as a block against Lincoln as a president. Still he was elected. At this point the South realized it had little or no say in national politics. Remember at that time there was no law against seceding from the Union.

Answer 8

ofcourse and we should do it again--leave bush with the yanks tho lol

Answer 9

Yes, and we should leave it again.