Hypocrisy of the North

The author condemns the North for waging war to compel obedience while claiming to uphold government by consent, calling this a self-contradictory and fraudulent justification for the Civil War.

The North's claim to uphold government by consent while waging a war of force to compel submission is the chapter's central critique.

Implicitly critiques the Northern claim to a free government while potentially applying a despotic definition of treason.

The North's claims of abolishing slavery and preserving liberty are exposed as frauds masking their true motive of economic domination.