The constitution must be open to be amended but only when the majority agrees.
Explanation:
The constitution is in many ways a living document.
A constitutions written in the 18th century may have the same core values as the nation right now but its laws either don't hold up or there are certain areas that are left ambiguous and have become glaring in the modern society.
At this point it is important to rule them out and to make new laws for the new life of the new native people of the nation.
But this must only be done when one is certain that the nation is ready for reform and it is begin done with their will.
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The Confederacy? The interest seems to be the act of slavery and the war Lincoln is talking about must be the Civil War, which was taking place while Lincoln was addressing his second inaugural. Lincoln was reasoning that the Confederacy was fighting to keep slavery, which is the interest the "insurgents" have. Lincoln also did not want slavery to continue to spread, but he was fine with having slavery, "restrict the territorial enlargement if [slavery]".
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on July 4th 1776 the declaration of independence is adopted. The United States in between, 1776 & 1870 In August of 1786 Shay's Rebellion erupts. In 1787 delegates meet in Philadelphia to draft the Constitution In 1789 George Washington is Elected as President. December 15th 1791, the Bill of Rights is ratified In 1820 the Missouri compromise is created. In 1831, William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing the Liberator. in 1852 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' is published. in 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska act is passed. In 1859 Harper's Ferry is attacked. November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln
is elected president.
In 1861, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana secede from the U.S. to create the Confederate States of America The Civil war takes place from 1861 to 1865. On April 14, 1865 Lincoln is assassinated. In 1870, the 15th amendment is ratified giving African-Americans the right to vote.
