The people writing the Confederate Constitution are separating themselves from the United States of America, and forming a Confederate States of America. This first line of the Confederate constitution foreshadows a sample of complicated and arguable differences. By interpreting the first line I can see that for the Confederates to create their own Constitution, means they don't agree with major ideas and laws in the current Constitution. Another portion of the preamble of the Confederate Constitution worth noting is that it refers to a states independent character as well as sovereign power.2 The U.S. Constitution is directed towards governing the people of the states while the Confederate Constitution wants to govern the people while giving the states their own separate laws. Another major difference between these two documents is that the Confederate Constitution includes slavery, while the Constitution abolishes it indirectly. There is no mention of slavery in the Constitution, only laws, guidelines and, freedoms that govern the people of the United States. The Confederate States of America do not want the abolishment of slavery; therefore the document does not include rights or laws that govern everyone, specifically the slaves.2 Article one section two of the Confederate Constitution explains how Representatives and taxes are divided up among the several states.2 The section goes on to determine how the people are counted from the states. It states that the numbers are determined by adding the untaxed Indians and three-fifths of all slaves.2 This is an example of how the Confederate Constitution does not give freedom to the people of all the states in which this document applies to, and continues to harbor and protect slavery. Under the Constitution, Representatives are divided similarly except in the place of the word slaves, it reads, "all other persons."1 This example shows of the change and major difference between these two documents.