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Articles of secession. But the states preceded the Union, responded the secessionists from South Carolina, echoing Patrick Henry’s “We, the States” speech. Constitution, is dissolved. The following excerpts are from the articles of secession adopted by five states, and the ordinances of secession adopted by the legislatures, conventions, and voters of the remaining states. ; United States--Po Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. In this commentary, Paul Finkelman, a Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, looks at the renewed debate over the southern motivation for secession at the Civil War's start, and how it was driven by slavery and white supremacy. Documents and Commentary on Slavery, the Confederate States of America, and the 1861-65 War of Secession Click on the button to get the indicated file format: Format HTML Text WP PDF RTF Word Image Local Ordinances of Secession by State The ordinances of secession were the actual legal language by which the seceded states severed their connection with the Federal Union. Mississippi | South Carolina | Virginia Mississippi Resolutions Whereas, the constitutional Union was formed by the several states in their separate sovereign capacity for the purpose of mutual advantage and protection; Both the ordinance, which accomplished secession, and the declaration of immediate causes, which justified secession, were the products of a state convention called by South Carolina's legislature in the month following the election of Abraham Lincoln as U. Preamble We, the people of the Confederate States, each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States This document is a one-page handwritten copy of the Ordinance of Secession passed on January 10, 1861, by the members of the Florida Convention of the People (commonly referred to as the Secession Convention). After the ratification of the US Constitution, fears grew in the South over time of a strong central government. Perry issued a proclamation calling an election on Saturday, December 22, 1860, for Explore the events leading to Texas' secession from the Union in 1861, the key figures involved, and the implications of the convention's decisions. In addition, Alabama, Virginia, and Tennessee issued legislative resolutions touching on the issue of secession, and there is a "lost" declaration from Florida. 1861. Convention, 1860-1862 [The Ordinance of secession for the state of South Carolina] Return to my Collection Search Results Object Image SUMMARY The victory of Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 elections convinced South Carolina legislators that it was no longer in their state’s interest to remain in the Union. Editor’s Note: From carefully wrought, grievance-filled declarations of causes, to concise cut-and-dried ordinances to secede, to (in the case of Tennessee) a full-fledged declaration of independence, in 1861 and 1862 the 13 Southern states issued a variety of official pronouncements to declare that they were making a formal and final break from the United States and become the Confederate Secession of North Carolina came out of months of debate in the state on whether or not to leave the union and join the cause of the Confederate States. Feb 13, 2026 ยท secession, in U. Many historians have said their secession from the United States was an illegal act of war, but others say the right was clearly stated in the U. South Carolina had theatened secession before 1860. [4] After the ordinance of secession passed the convention on January 26, 1861, Moore placed Colonel Braxton Bragg in command of the state military. As part of the federal Reconstruction plan, North Carolina became part of the second military district. president. When the secession convention met, Jackson came alive with energy. Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. South Carolina acted first, calling for a convention to secede from the Union. The state's declaration of secession provides one of the clearest connections&nbsp;between secession and slavery. ; Texas--Politics and government--Civil War, 1861-1865. This guide provides access to material related to "Civil War Secessions" in the Chronicling America digital collection of historic newspapers. Below is support for secession across the rest of the nation. The declarations of causes, given elsewhere on this Web site, are where they tended to disclose their reasons for doing so, although only four states issued separate declarations of causes. "; Printed on satin. Confederate Constitution Secession Articles Civil War causes, and Emancipation compromise. DECLARATION OF CAUSES: February 2, 1861 A declaration of the causes which impel the State of Texas to secede from the Federal Union. The force of events moved very quickly upon the election of Lincoln. The Confederate States of America was a collection of 11 states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and disba This document is a one-page handwritten copy of the Ordinance of Secession passed on January 10, 1861, by the members of the Florida Convention of the People (commonly referred to as the Secession Convention). Rutledge? pseud. with the names of the signers. In 1787, deputies were appointed by the states to revise the Articles of Confederation, and on 17th September, 1787, these deputies recommended for the adoption of the states, the Articles of Union, known as the Constitution of the United States. The ordinances of secession were the actual legal language by which the seceded states severed their connection with the Federal Union. An Ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of Georgia and other States united with her under a compact of government, entitled “The Constitution of the United States of America: Ordinances of Secession of the 13 Confederate States of America Traditionally, only four states are held to have issued "declarations of causes:" South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas. Some argue they did. " It also proposes the creation of a new government among states with similar interests: "And as it is the desire and purpose Which Southern states included slavery among their reasons for seceding from the Union? After Biden was elected in 2020, politicians and party leaders in red states like Texas and Mississippi issued calls for secession (Michel 2020). The declarations of causes, given elsewhere on this Web site, tended to disclose their reasons for doing so, although only four states issued separate declarations of causes. In New Jersey, 17% of residents are in favor of withdrawing from the United States, falling around the average of all states. Clearly, slavery was the central and driving issue that led to the secession of the southern states. Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world. Related Links Narrative history of Secession and Readmission | Narrative history of Annexation Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows endorses New Mexico HJR 10, paving way for Lea County and others to secede and join Texas. Narrative History of Texas Secession and Readmission to the Union Related Secession Documents Ordinance of Secession | Declaration of Causes An Act to admit Texas as a Member of the Confederate States of America. Are these really the undeniable proof that Caption title. Ordinance of Secession, Passed Jan’ry 19, 1861. An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of Georgia and other states united with her under a compact of government, entitled "The con The thirteenth article stated, “And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual,” which is understood to mean that secession from the national government of the United States is not possible. The other three states who issued just the legal ordinances of secession were in the second phase of secession, after the Confederacy was already formally declared by the first seven seceded states: Virginia (eighth to secede on April 17, 1861), North Carolina (tenth to secede on May 20, 1861), and Tennessee (last to secede on June 8, 1861). ” Secession was illegitimate because the Union was “perpetual,” according to Lincoln. , 1852, declared that the frequent violations of the Constitution of the United States, by the Federal Government, and its encroachments upon the reserved rights of the States, fully justified this State in then withdrawing from the Federal Union; but in deference to the . Pursuant to an act of the Florida legislature approved on November 30, 1860, Governor Madison S. The ordinance declares that "that the State of Alabama now withdraws, and is hereby withdrawn from the Union known as the United States of America, and henceforth ceases to be one of said United States, and is, and of right ought to be a Sovereign and Independent State. An Ordinance of Secession is the name given to multiple resolutions [1] drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at or near the beginning of the American Civil War, by which each seceding Southern slave-holding state or territory formally declared secession from the United States. Trump’s electoral win in 2024 similarly sparked calls for New York’s secession and a signature drive to put California secession on the state ballot (Weise and Peter 2025). South Carolina. 2 However, at that time, many individuals felt that a preceding article, the Justifications for secession Some theories of secession emphasize a general right of secession for any reason ("Choice Theory") while others emphasize that secession should be considered only to rectify grave injustices ("Just Cause Theory"). Summary The victory of Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 elections convinced South Carolina legislators that it was no longer in their state’s interest to remain in the Union. Confederate States of America - Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union To some extent, the theoretical debates about secession parallel the theoretical debates about “popular sovereignty. com. D. On October 18, 1865, six months after the war's end, the legislature repealed the articles of secession, and the state passed the thirteenth amendment, which abolished slavery, on December 18. Constitution. South Carolina had recently seceded, which animated those Mississippians who favored immediate separation. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America. When the South tried to secede from the United States to form the Confederate States of America, each state issued an article of secession. Governor Moore held office from 1860 through early 1864. Although the ordinance did not explicitly mention slavery, the accompanying "Address of the People of Alabama" detailed concerns over Northern hostility toward slavery and perceived violations of states' rights, framing secession as a The South Secedes Crowds gathered in front of the Capitol building in Montgomery, Alabama, the day that the secession bill was passed. S. Read the primary source document that explains why six states seceded from the Union in 1861. After voting to secede from the Union, delegates attending the Georgia Secession Convention (January 16 to March 31, 1861) drafted a new state constitution. Two days into the convention, Mississippi voted in favor of secession by a vote of 83-15 with one in absentia. From 1860 to 1861, eleven states seceeded from the Union to make the Confederacy. The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas–and the threat of secession by four more—Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Annotation: The seceded states drafted the following ordinances of secession that severed their connection with the Federal Union in an attempt to preserve state rights and their different cultures. [21] Some theories do both. Rutledge wrote Separate State Secession, Practically Discussed in a Series of Articles, which can be purchased at a lower price at ThriftBooks. All the ordinances make clear that the primary motivation for secession was the rise of a “sectional party” (re: anti-slavery Republican party in the Here are the secession documents of three states, which clearly state their reasons for separation. He warned that the economic interests of North and South were at odds <br />The Texas Ordinance of Secession was adopted on February 1st, 1861. Secession precipitated the American Civil War. history, the withdrawal of 11 slave states (states in which slaveholding was legal) from the Union during 1860–61 following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. Printed Ephemera Collection Looking for a book by pseud. South Carolina declared its secession from the United States. Perry issued a proclamation calling an election on Saturday, December 22, 1860, for While secession and the lead up to the Civil War were very complex, conflict over slavery was certainly central to the South’s decision to leave the Union. State by state, conventions were held, and the Confederacy was In these articles of secession, the political leaders of the states offered justifications for secession. Ordinance of secession, passed Jan'ry 19, 1861. At the time of the Civil War it was not illegal as the ruling by Supreme Court came later in 1869 (after the war) that unilateral secession was unconstitutional. Abridged by Instructor The people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, on the 26th day of April, A. Charles Pinckney, a vocal critic of the Articles of Confederation and contributor to the US Constitution, served in the House of Representatives from 1819-21. The most serious attempt at secession was advanced in the years 1860 and 1861 as 11 Southern states each declared secession from the United States, and joined to form the Confederate States of America, a procedure and body that the government of the United States refused to accept. Declarations of Secession Georgia; January 29, 1861 Mississippi South Carolina; December 24, 1860 Texas; February 2, 1861 Messages and Papers of the Confederacy Constitution for the Provisional Government; February 8, 1861 A Resolution for the Appointment of Commissioners to the Government of the United States of America; February 15, 1861 The root cause of the American Civil War is perhaps the most controversial topic in American history. ; "Done by the people of the state of Texas, in Convention assembled at Austin, this first day of February, A. The declaration lists the grievances against the federal government, especially the anti-slavery policies and the protectionist tariffs. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows endorses New Mexico HJR 10, paving way for Lea County and others to secede and join Texas. Washington state ranked second-highest in the nation for secession support. Many people believed that a compromise between the states and federal government could be reached over the issue of slavery, which did not entail leaving the Union. Alabama's secession ordinance declared the state's separation from the Union, emphasizing its sovereignty. Mississippi became the second state to vote to leave the Union. We, the people of the State of Tennessee, waiving any expression of opinion as to the abstract doctrine of secession, but asserting the right, as a free and independent people, to alter, reform, or abolish our form of government in such manner as we think proper, do ordain and declare that all the laws and ordinances by which the State of Washington state ranked second-highest in the nation for secession support. Mississippi was the second state to secede from the United States on January 9, 1861 and one of the states to declare the formation of the Confederacy on February 8, 1861. Declaration of the Causes of Secession, Georgia January 29, 1861 The people of Georgia having dissolved their political connection with the Government of the United States of America, present to their confederates and the world the causes which have led to the separation. This is evident from the Southern states’ own words as they issued the ordinances of secession and documents of explanation as they each left the United States to form the Confederacy. Ordinance of Secession Republic of Georgia. Confederate States of America: The Question of Secession The question is whether the Southern states possessed the legal right to secede. ; Secession--Texas. However, buried within the journals of the Arkansas Secession Convention are the details of this A wealthy planter and slaveholder, Moore acted aggressively to engineer the secession of Louisiana from the Union by a convention on January 23. Discussions and threats of secession have often surfaced in American politics, but only in the case of the Confederate States of America was secession actually declared. Chances are if you’re interested in the “Civil War” you’ve heard someone mention the Southern secession documents. Even before the war was over, scholars in the North and South began to analyze and interpret the reasons behind the bloodshed. The Virginia Ordinance of Secession, dated April 17, 1861, declares that the bond between Virginia and the United States of America, under the U. p4vn, ua0s3, 7goe4, xvkpg, rpnr, isp6, xxoc, 028sh, 8boxd, 4xtu,