The most likely explanation is that towns, states, and voting districts in the South had <em>much </em>higher numbers of African American voters whereas there were far fewer African Americans in the North. Remember that while African Americans were elected almost immediately in the South, Jim Crow and voting laws instituted soon thereafter boxed them out completely (because white Southerners knew the number of African American voters would vastly outnumber white voters in many areas).
That means that the president is president for more than two years so he should try getting another job
The issue of counting slaves in the population which determined representation in Congress was a major issue at the heart of the 3/5 Compromise which was one of the major compromises between the northern and southern states during the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
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The answer is: The Law of Land Warfare, Uniform Code of Military Justice, and Code of Conduct.
The answer may vary from country to country but on an international level the United Nations Charter also provides code of conducts on how modern armies should function in times of war.
These are important in order to provide a moral structure to an Army which can become, as evidenced in history, quite ruthless.