Although the declaration of independence was already given to people, many slaves were not granted with the freedom that they were told. In the South, such as the state of Mississippi was against the Federal Union on the loss of poverty and “proclaimed: For far less cause than this, our fathers separated from the Crown of England.” (McPherson) This …show more content…
Many Republicans insist Lincoln’s administration transformation of the military clashes into a revolutionary movement to abolish slavery and make a new order in the south. In the text, serval abolitionist as well as slave holder’s states that to “justify themselves under the right of revolution,” their cause “is not a revolution, but a rebellion against the noblest of revolution.” The North must meet this southern counterrevolution by converting the war for the Union into a revolution for freedom.” (McPherson) Indeed, others have been proclaiming to free black Americans from Slavery because it was a necessity to maintain a peace between the Union and the Confederacy. In 1861, Lincoln took the conservative position where the northern government were calling for antislavery war and revoked actions by martial