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07-02-2017, 02:15 AM
They were supporting actions that those states were constitutionally prohibited from doing. In particular, states are prohibited from entering into confederations, which is why they chose to call themselves the Confederate States of America. It was a thumb to the eye of the Union and the United States Constitution. Article 2, Section 10, Paragraph 1, Sentence 1 states, "No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation..." The Southern States violated this mandate, when they acted as they did. One's point of view does not make their actions any less wrong in the eyes of the law. This is why Johnson essentially issued a blanket pardon to former Confederates, during Reconstruction. What they did was treasonous but the pardon was a sign of forgiveness in hopes of helping heal the divide.
Before anyone weighs in with the argument that Lincoln violated the constitution by suspending Habeas Corpus, he actually acted within the edicts of the document. The only time that the government can take such action is in times of invasion or rebellion, as stated by the United States Constitution in Article 1, Section 9, Paragraph 2. It stipulates and I quote, "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it." The insurrection and rebellion perpetrated by the south clearly justified such actions.
Before anyone weighs in with the argument that Lincoln violated the constitution by suspending Habeas Corpus, he actually acted within the edicts of the document. The only time that the government can take such action is in times of invasion or rebellion, as stated by the United States Constitution in Article 1, Section 9, Paragraph 2. It stipulates and I quote, "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it." The insurrection and rebellion perpetrated by the south clearly justified such actions.
Before anyone weighs in with the argument that Lincoln violated the constitution by suspending Habeas Corpus, he actually acted within the edicts of the document. The only time that the government can take such action is in times of invasion or rebellion, as stated by the United States Constitution in Article 1, Section 9, Paragraph 2. It stipulates and I quote, "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it." The insurrection and rebellion perpetrated by the south clearly justified such actions.