Because in secession I see no remedy for the actual and present evils complained of, and because the prospective evils depicted
so gloomily may never come; and if they should, the inalienable right to resist tyranny and oppression might then be exercised as well and as successfully as now. –“A Protest against the Ordinance of Secession,”
James G. Taliaferro
What "prospective evils” is Taliaferro referring to? Check all that apply.
Lincoln might bring an end to slavery and injure the economy.
The federal government might interfere more in state issues.
Lincoln might persecute Southern leaders who oppose him.
Southerners’ voices might not be heard by the federal government.
Federal tariffs will likely be eliminated.
Politicians from the South might be replaced by Northern politicians.
It was important because segregation and discrimination had reached a point were it was no longer tolerable To state that African Americans should join the war because a win would be a double victory over racism abroad and at home.
