States Rights

States Rights is a common reference to the reason for the Southern States secession from the Union of States known as the United States of America.  As the elected representative of the people of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis is the figure most associated with the States Rights argument.

Here are found a few writings on the issue of States Rights as it pertained to the Civil War, written both before and following this great conflict.

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1 Jefferson Davis to Lowndes County, Miss., Citizens
2 The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government - Part I CH X
 
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