Argumentative Essay On The Civil War
The Civil War
The Civil War of the United States was a defining moment for the unity of the United States of America and the precedent that it was going to make both in culture and law for its future generations. The war occurred between the years of 1861 and 1865 when Abraham Lincoln was the president, with the Republican Party. The war pitted the North against the South, almost splitting the union to its core. It was on two fundamental issues, one being on whether the union was going to be dissolvable, that is, made up of almost independent states or whether it was going to be unified with a central government. The second issue was on slavery, and its morality or justification considering the law recognized that all men were created equally and should thus enjoy freedom. My focus will be on the latter issue, slavery, and how it catalyzed the civil war.
To most of the northerners from the …show more content…
To him, if the time for slavery to end had come, it will pass. The wealth that was acquired by the Southern states from the toils, blood, and sweat of other men that is funding the war will surely be depleted, and justice will prevail. He finds it strange that both the opposing sides pray to the same God for victory and read the same Bible even the ones that oppress humanity. To him, the prayers of both camps cannot be answered at the same time.
Pieter Geyl famously stated in his analysis of the civil war that it was a needless war. To him, a majority of the people at the time wanted peace, People of different professions whether farmers or boat owners wanted peace. However, what they got was war (Stampp 126). To other scholars that opined the same, the war might have been unnecessary as any issues in the country whether political or moral can be resolved peacefully within the existing frameworks provided forth and articulated in the
The Civil War of the United States was a defining moment for the unity of the United States of America and the precedent that it was going to make both in culture and law for its future generations. The war occurred between the years of 1861 and 1865 when Abraham Lincoln was the president, with the Republican Party. The war pitted the North against the South, almost splitting the union to its core. It was on two fundamental issues, one being on whether the union was going to be dissolvable, that is, made up of almost independent states or whether it was going to be unified with a central government. The second issue was on slavery, and its morality or justification considering the law recognized that all men were created equally and should thus enjoy freedom. My focus will be on the latter issue, slavery, and how it catalyzed the civil war.
To most of the northerners from the …show more content…
To him, if the time for slavery to end had come, it will pass. The wealth that was acquired by the Southern states from the toils, blood, and sweat of other men that is funding the war will surely be depleted, and justice will prevail. He finds it strange that both the opposing sides pray to the same God for victory and read the same Bible even the ones that oppress humanity. To him, the prayers of both camps cannot be answered at the same time.
Pieter Geyl famously stated in his analysis of the civil war that it was a needless war. To him, a majority of the people at the time wanted peace, People of different professions whether farmers or boat owners wanted peace. However, what they got was war (Stampp 126). To other scholars that opined the same, the war might have been unnecessary as any issues in the country whether political or moral can be resolved peacefully within the existing frameworks provided forth and articulated in the