States and rights was a very large factor contributing to the Civil War. With Lincoln becoming president and representing the North, the Southern states seceded, leading to a war. The state governments of the South argued, since the constitution and federal government was created by the states, the federal government had no right to stop from seceding. President Lincoln and other northerners disagreed and wanted to preserve the Union.
➡️In 1835, faced with urgent petitions by editors of the English and vernacular newspapers, Governor-General William Bentinck agreed to revise press laws.✔️
➡️He authorised Thomas Macaulay formulated new rules that restored their earlier freedoms.✔️
