The compromises were thought in the south to be quite beneficial. Their beliefs were accomplished in the compromises. They thought that abolitionists in the north were just a group that wanted to tear away the freedom of possessing slaves and that the abolitionists were much to “excited” and needed to be quiet and let the compromises flow as need be. Anyways, the thought of war was simply horrifying. They preferred to live in a “watchful peace” as Tolkien wrote in the Lord of the Rings, and sit in a morally wrong life.
Yet, the compromises did not hold. As Lincoln said: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” All the compromising had woven a thin web over the country and was ready to break and let fall the spider of slavery. All the entanglement of such compromising led to badly twisted laws in the government and states. The compromising of slavery being allowed in the south and not in the north did not bring peace. No agreement that an evil can exist will ever give peace. Evil can not give peace. It is like saying, “I can let that spider at my elbow run around and be at peace with it.”
At this time the United States was falling apart. The country was ceasing to be united in working together to bring truth to the country. The country was losing the true thought of freedom and the real idea of what is morally right. Among the arguments, the people of the south and north began to lose kindness towards another. In the fall of the country was the fall of rights for the people, both slave and free, and the fall of safety for families both abolitionist and slave master.
The compromising did not bring anything beneficial to the United States. By having such arguments and such awful compromises the country was driven into war, tears, injustice, assassination, death, mourning, stress, lack of peace, grieving deeds, and cruel thoughts.
The compromising did not work because no evil may be compromised. The country was so entangled in trying to work together to keep peace instead of trying to bring justice and right to the country that the people fell into a hole because they were walking blindly. Another reason why the compromising failed was because the United States was no longer united because the southern states were starting to act like different countries. Since they were acting this way the north and the south both had a different idea of what truth was. The north believed that slavery was wrong and the south believed it was right and true. This division soon tore the country apart.
The south argued that slavery was good and profitable. They believed that slaves were meant to be owned and that the slaves were better off that way. They said slavery brought great profit to the south and without slavery, the country would fall into ruin. If they were to be deprived of slavery by the government, it would be a violation of private property which was protected by the fourth amendment of the constitution.
The truth, however, no matter how convincing the south may sound, is that the country would not fall into ruin if slavery was abolished. The fact was that the south was not making nearly as much money as the north was. The north was making money with factories and the south with slaves and plantations. The factories proved the most profitable.
Besides the fact that slavery was not very profitable, slavery is altogether wrong. It is wrong because the slaves were made in the image of God like any other person and that no matter what the slave looks like, they are the same as anyone else. Every single person has his/her differences and that does not make one above the other.
Slavery is wrong because broken hearts and separation of families and the tearing away from home and love is cruelty; and cruelty is altogether wrong. Cruelty is doing a wrong and knowing that it is wrong but carrying on with it anyhow; cruelty is ignoring kindness and brushing aside love.
Slavery is wrong because it caused: death among the slaves during the sailing over the ocean, the forced labor of the slaves, the many tears, the abundant cries, hunger, thirst, loneliness, and the need to be loved. Slavery showed a great selfishness in the country. This evil trade that was practiced made our country look awful; a country exercising an evil and making it look right in homes, in government, in court and in daily talk. Our country hid the boiling pot of injustice with a lid and held it there that no one may see. Yet, the lid toppled of and the thought of slavery boiled over into the country pulling it apart.
During this long and cruel war many men lost their lives, many families were broken apart, many hearts were saddened, many country sides were stained with war, many houses were destroyed, and many men were changed in mind and body. During the war many women and children were left without fathers, husbands, brothers, uncles, and grandfathers.
After the war, slavery was no more. Compromises between a right and a wrong were shown to be wrong and that no evil will ever be good. Slavery was ended and an evil was destroyed. Truth won the battle and lies were corned and broken.

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