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confederate general john b. gordon was a civilian-turned-soldier who became one of...
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confederate general john b. gordon was a civilian-turned-soldier who became one of general
robert e. lee’s most trusted commanders.
… the south maintained with the depth of religious conviction that the union formed under
the constitution was a union of consent and not of force; that the original states were not the
creatures but the creators of the union; that these states had gained their independence, their
freedom, and their sovereignty from the mother country, and had not surrendered these on
entering the union; that by the express terms of the constitution all rights and powers not
delegated were reserved to the states; and the south challenged the north to find one trace of
authority in that constitution for invading and coercing a sovereign state.
the north, on the other hand, maintained with the utmost confidence in the correctness of her
position that the union formed under the constitution was intended to be perpetual; that
sovereignty was a unit and could not be divided; that whether or not there was any express power
granted in the constitution for invading a state, the right of self-preservation was inherent in all
governments; that the life of the union was essential to the life of liberty; or, in the words of
webster, “liberty and union are one and inseparable.”…
source: john b. gordon, reminiscences of the civil war, charles scribner’s sons, 1904
b according to john b. gordon, what was the northern point of view regarding the union created under the
constitution?
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