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User:JoshuaB/USA vs CSA Constitutions (view source)
Revision as of 01:28, March 7, 2012
, 01:28, March 7, 2012A start. Preamble
This is a draft of an essay that will compare the Constitutions of the United States of America with the Confederate States of America.
This is a draft of an essay that will compare the Constitutions of the United States of America with the Confederate States of America.
== Preamble ==
{| class="wikitable"
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!USA
!CSA
!Analysis
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|We the People of the United States, <span style="color:red">'''in Order to form a more perfect Union'''</span>, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, <span style="color:red">'''provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare'''</span>, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
|We, the people of the Confederate States, '''each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government''', establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity — '''invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God''' — do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States of America.
|The CSA preamble removes the idealist goal of creating a "more perfect union", and replaces it with text simply establishing a federal government. The CSA preamble also strikes references to collectivism such as "common defense" and the unspecific "general welfare". The CSA does make the effort to specifically invoke God, thus arguably founding the CSA as a Christian nation.
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== Article I ==
=== Section 1 ===