1. The Failure of the Constitution
... . As a result of the Constitution's failure to address this, when the southern states wanted to leave the union, it was considered unconstitutional to use force or power to stop them. James Buchanan was in support of the right of a state or states to leave the union if they did not feel that they were being properly represented. He stated, in Document ... law makes it a man's duty to break it." What Emerson is saying is that just because something is made a law, that doesn't make it right and forever set in stone. William Lloyd Garrison in Document E said that, "The Constitution which su...
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