Reading Response. History Article Critique assignment

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February 10, 2020
Reading Response
Pieces of literature written in the past, have always been some of the most crucial pieces in understanding both the past, present and future of the society. With it, historians and other scholars could deduce the existing state of affairs, not only using the contents of the paper, but also by analyzing the wordings, meanings, and even underlying symbols of the words of the document’s author. Accordingly, this article would try to conduct the same analysis using the article entitled ‘Confederate States of America - Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union’, which was written on December 24, 1860. All in all, the author of this article believes that regardless of the time (past, present, or future) the Constitution helps shape perception of the public and perceived violations of the supreme law of the land could lead to conflict and division among the society.
Content Analysis
Aside from the historical importance of the document presented above in the understanding of the past divisions and subsequent recreation of the United States, it also presents insight about how ‘the deprivation of property’ could ultimately lead to another significant conflict within the country. In the past, it could be seen that the South Carolina government seceded from the Federation since it has perceived that the latter has started to encroach upon the sovereignty and freedom of each state to promulgate rules that govern their right to property. During that time, however, human rights were almost unknown and almost inexistent that it was not developed to the extent that it covers every person. In other words, it is the reason why ‘slaves’ were considered properties rather than human beings. In turn, since people believe that ‘citizen rights’ (those vested to the Whites) should reign supreme over the welfare of their ‘property’, it led to believe that trying to abolish slavery is ‘Unconstitutional’ in the first place.[Lillian Goldman Law Library. 2008. Confederate Stat...