The Causes of the ‘Civil War’
“When [the states] entered into the Union of 1789, it was with the undeniable recognition of the power of the people to resume the authority delegated for the purposes of that government, whenever in their opinion, its functions were perverted and its ends defeated . . . the sovereign States here represented have seceded from that Union, and it is a gross abuse of language to denominate the act rebellion or revolution.” –Jefferson Davis, First Inaugural Address, Montgomery, Alabama, February 1861. “That . . . the Union is perpetual [is] confirmed by the history of the Union itself. The Union … Continue reading →
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