Constitutional and political indicators of Georgia unrest: 1850s
Introduction
Construal of the state dominance against federal laws was the main political while slavery was the pivotal political issue that indicated unrest for Georgia as a member of the United States in the 1850s. This paper revisits both the constitutional and political issues that pointed to the unrest of Georgia in the 1850s as a member of the United States.
Political and constitutional issues
There were concerns about divisional slavery customs that provoked tension in the 1850s. States were split into those that aggravated for abolitionism while others upheld rights to slaves ownership by their statesmen. Georgia state laws were seen to uphold abolitionism by assenting clauses that imposed penalties and imprisonment upon people who played a role in helping slaves run away. It was alleged that other states adopted abolitionist institutions with reference to Georgia’s complex institution. The slave owners were entitled to the right to freely own black slaves who came from the north. The US congress intervention was, however, seen as interference with Georgia state affairs. The congress however aimed at upholding the welfare of the common men across all states.
Abolitionists emerged as the main constitutional issue provoking unrest in Georgia as a member of the United States. Slave owners fled to Georgia to establish strongholds a factor that provoked civil war with other free-states who were seen as a threat. The debate on slavery eventually took two diverse political fronts. Slavery strongly featured amongst the democrats and republicans on the question of the future of the custom in the United States with respect to security issues.
Conclusion
Disunity, protectionism, and abolitionist were the primary political and constitutional issues that sign-posted unrest of Georgia in the 1850s as a member of the United States. It was alleged that Georgian state laws failed their functions of promoting both peace and the welfare of the common United States subjects.